KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED FIGURES OF GUANYIN ON STANDS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each hollow-molded in a seated position with hands resting in the lap, wearing a turquoise robe and an aubergine and yellow cowl, with a strand of beads encircling the neck, one holding a small fruit in the right hand and a lotus stem in the left hand, raised on a separate lotus stand with trapezoidal base and pierced gallery, the upper section glazed turquoise, the lower section aubergine
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Swiss private collection since 1975.
Beurdeley Galerie, Paris, 1981.

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar pair of turquoise and aubergine-glazed figures of Guanyin shown seated on similar lotus stands, but with each figure shown holding a small child, illustrated by R. Krahl, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, 1996, p. 417, no. 236.

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