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Lot Essay
A similar figure is illustrated by R. Kerr and J. Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, p. 53, fig. 3. Another example of this type is illustrated by P.J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine, New York, pl. 99B and pp.172 and 173, where the author explains that this figure is often known as Doumu, the Daoist goddess of the Pole Star.