LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated on a tall rocky outcrop with legs crossed and left arm bent to support a ruyi scepter, beside a vase and bundle of scrolls on an adjacent rock. She wears long robes, ornate beaded jewelry, and her hair is separated into two long braids, each tied in a knot and trailing down her shoulders. Her eyes gaze downward toward a smiling acolyte standing on a leaf above crashing waves, shown with hands clasped together and wearing long, billowing scarves. The back is impressed with a Dehua double-gourd-shaped mark and a seal mark, Xu Yunlin zhi (made by Xu Yunlin).
14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Frank Caro, New York, acquired in 1971.

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Lot Essay

A Dehua standing figure of Buddha from the Richard Lehman Gray Collection bears the same two seals found on the present figure and is illustrated by J. Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, p. 121, no. 72. Ayers notes that the potter Xu Youyi (1887-1940) came from a family of wood and clay carvers and that his work " shows considerable versatility." He was the principal follower of Su Xuejin. Two large Dehua figures of temple guardians, illustrated ibid., p. 123, nos. 73-74, also bear the Dehua gourd mark and the seal of Xu Youyi.

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