Lot Essay
For another guanyin mounted on a lion, see P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1967, pl.86c
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN SEATED ON A LION
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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN SEATED ON A LION
18TH 19TH CENTURY
The deity dressed in flowing robes and seated on the back of a lion, her right hand holding a scroll to her chest and her left hand resting on her left knee and holding a rosary, her face set in a sublimely benign expression, the lion modeled with its head raised and its long tail curled around under the deity's exposed left foot--13¾in. (35cm.) high
18TH 19TH CENTURY
The deity dressed in flowing robes and seated on the back of a lion, her right hand holding a scroll to her chest and her left hand resting on her left knee and holding a rosary, her face set in a sublimely benign expression, the lion modeled with its head raised and its long tail curled around under the deity's exposed left foot--13¾in. (35cm.) high