18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Finely modelled with a serene figure of Guanyin in flowing robes seated atop a rockwork base with a censer raised on an outcropping to her left and with a flywhisk held in her right hand, a buddhistic lion with upturned head at her feet, all above spume-flecked crashing waves, the reverse with a Xuande impressed mark
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high, fitted box

Lot Essay

A blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin with similar facial features and modelling, dated to the 17th century, is illustrated by J. Ayers, Blanc De Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p. 78, no. 29.

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