A CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE POLYCHROME-DECORATED MULTI-ARMED DEITY
A CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE POLYCHROME-DECORATED MULTI-ARMED DEITY

18TH CENTURY, THE ENAMELLING PROBABLY LONDON, ALSO 18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE POLYCHROME-DECORATED MULTI-ARMED DEITY
18TH CENTURY, THE ENAMELLING PROBABLY LONDON, ALSO 18TH CENTURY
Modelled on a detachable stand with acolyte figures over a wave base, the deity wearing robes decorated in the Kakiemon palette, the brightly coloured decoration probably added soon after production and probably in London
9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Bernard Whatney Collection.

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Lot Essay

Compare the closely related figure sold at King Street 12 November 2002, lot 120, which is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and published by Errol Manners in The Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, vol. 19, part 1, 2005, 'The English Decoration of Oriental Porcelain: some overlooked groups'.

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