IMPRESSED MARK 'HE CHAOZONG YIN', DATED JIWEI YEAR PROBABLY CORRESPONDING TO AD 1679 AND OF THE PERIOD

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A VERY RARE DATED DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
impressed mark 'he chaozong yin', dated jiwei year probably corresponding to AD 1679 and of the period
Very finely modelled with the Bodhisattva seated in dyanasana on a waisted double-lotus throne and dressed in long flowing robes, one covering the elaborate head-dress and rounded shoulders, another draped over the arms and legs and cascading over the lotus pedestal, the bare chest adorned with a scrolled lotus bloom suspended on a bead necklace, the face with a serene expression and eyes cast downwards, the finely detailed hands clasped below the waist with palms turned upwards, the pale milky-white body covered with a transparent glossy glaze suffused with fine bubbles in the naturalistically-modelled folds, fingers and robe chips restored
17in. (43.2cm.) high

拍品專文

He Chaozong was one of the greatest porcelain sculptors of Dehua. He was probably active during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and is often referred to as the Saint of all Porcelain Carvers. See P. J. Donnelly, op.cit., pp.270-276 for a discussion on He Chaozong, who supports the view that he was probably active during the Kangxi period, since there is absolutely no evidence of work by He having been produced in Ming kiln sites. Compare the almost identical slightly smaller figure of Guanyin bearing He Chaozong's seal mark in the Gruber collection, Portland, Oregon, illustrated ibid. pl.150D, and the similar, smaller example in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated as pl.143B, together with other examples bearing He's mark as pls.144-150.