THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A VERY LARGE PAIR OF BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN, each standing with exposed bare feet on a vase submerged among breaking waves and lotus flowers, modelled with a serene expression and wearing a delicate floral tiara and loose-robes open at the chest to reveal a bejewelled necklace, their hair falling in openwork plaits over the shoulder, one holding a small vase, the other a sprig, the back with three impressed seal marks, De hua, You Xu Yuan Zhi, Yun Xu Lin Zhi, Made by Xu Youyuan and Made by Xu Yunlin (one with plait restored, one with neck and related plait restoration, firing cracks filled),

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A VERY LARGE PAIR OF BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN, each standing with exposed bare feet on a vase submerged among breaking waves and lotus flowers, modelled with a serene expression and wearing a delicate floral tiara and loose-robes open at the chest to reveal a bejewelled necklace, their hair falling in openwork plaits over the shoulder, one holding a small vase, the other a sprig, the back with three impressed seal marks, De hua, You Xu Yuan Zhi, Yun Xu Lin Zhi, Made by Xu Youyuan and Made by Xu Yunlin (one with plait restored, one with neck and related plait restoration, firing cracks filled),

18th/19th Century
86cm. high (2)

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