The present figure was made by Xu Yunling whose family was renowned in the later 18th century for Dehua wares characterised by a great elaboration of detail, light construction, a hollow base and uniform milky-white glaze, all qualities represented in the present piece. Another Bodhisattva seated in padmasana on a lotus throne atop a standing lion, also made by Xu Yunling, sold in our New York Rooms, 1 December 1988, lot 263.

The style of the Boddhisattva, her crown and elaborate beadwork, is closely related to an 18th-century standing Guanyin from the Collection of Stanley Charles Nott, sold in our New York Rooms, 20 November 1979, lot 226, and again, 10 December 1987, lot 218. Compare also the deity seated in a more casual pose on a lion, illustrated by P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1967, pl. 85D.