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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A SMALL BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK OF HE CHAO ZONG
Details
A SMALL BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK OF HE CHAO ZONG
Finely modelled in a seated position with her left arm resting on a curved support with single cabriole leg issuing from a monster mask and terminating in a clawed foot, her left hand hidden within the full sleeve of her long robes while the right hand with its long nails rests on her knee, her face finely detailed and her hair secured in a topknot by a bead-hung hairpin, the back impressed with the gourd-shaped mark of He Chao Zong, the glaze of ivory tone
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, stand
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK OF HE CHAO ZONG
Finely modelled in a seated position with her left arm resting on a curved support with single cabriole leg issuing from a monster mask and terminating in a clawed foot, her left hand hidden within the full sleeve of her long robes while the right hand with its long nails rests on her knee, her face finely detailed and her hair secured in a topknot by a bead-hung hairpin, the back impressed with the gourd-shaped mark of He Chao Zong, the glaze of ivory tone
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.