MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED LIN CHAOJING MARK

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A RARE DEHUA SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED LIN CHAOJING MARK
The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus throne encircled by beads, with the hands held in the lap in dhyanamudra, and wearing a loosely draped robe falling in graceful folds, a ruyi bead necklace, and a long cowl that falls over the shoulders from where it is draped over the two tall, looped topknots that rise behind the lotus crown centered by a figure of Amitabha. The face is finely modeled with a serene expression and a small urna. A Lin Chaojing four-character seal mark is impressed on the back, and the figure is covered overall with a glaze of white tone pooling to a pale blue in the recesses.
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high

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Galster-Ireland Collection, New York.

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Michael Bass

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Lin Chaojing (dates unknown) is believed to be a contemporary of He Chaozong, who was working during the 16th and early 17th centuries, and in 1612 is mentioned in Quanzhou Fu Zhi, a record of the history of the Quanzhou District of Fujian province. The present figure can be compared to a seated figure of Guanyin (15 ½ in. high) bearing the mark of He Chaozong, illustrated by R. H. Blumenfield in Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley/Tokyo, 2002, p. 130 A, where it is dated early 17th century, and on the cover, and to another figure, very similar to the Blumenfield Guanyin, also by He Chaozong, (15 1/8 in. high), illustrated by J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London/New York, 1985, no. 147. The double-lotus throne of each figure is encircled by a similar band of beads, and each figure has a cowl draped over what are most likely similar looped topknots behind a lotus crown centered with the figure of Amitabha.

MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED LIN CHAOJING MARK

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