AN EARTHENWARE FIGURE OF KANNON

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AN EARTHENWARE FIGURE OF KANNON
MEIJI PEROID (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED DAI NIHON TEIKOKU BIJUTSU SATSUMAYAKI KOZAN

Modelled in the figure of Kannon standing holding a gilt scroll and wearing a long, flowing robe draped over a gilded lotus ornamenting the coiffure, decorated in gilt and colored thick enamels with numerous brocade patterns on a cream crackle glaze ground, signed in red enamel on the base- 13 5/8 in. (36.8 cm.) high