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Collection of General Baron Haro van Hemert tot Dingshof (1879-1972)Captain Baron Haro van Hemert tot Dingshof (1879-1972), who on retirement rose to the rank of Major General, was in the Dutch Marine Corps stationed in Beijing from 1913 to 1923. He was Commander of the Netherlands Legation Guards Detachment, responsible for the security not only of the Dutch, but also of the German and Austro-Hungarian legations and enclaves. Captain Baron van Hemert had a great love of art and as can be seen from surviving pictures taken in his Beijing home he had a particular admiration for Chinese porcelain. The most impressive piece of his collection was the extraordinary blue and white Yuan dynasty jar depicting ‘Gui Guzi’ sold in Christie’s London, 12 July 2005, for £15.6 million, setting a record for the most expensive Asian work at auction at the time.

STATUE DE GUANYIN EN PORCELAINE DEHUA

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME-XIXÈME SIÈCLE

Details

STATUE DE GUANYIN EN PORCELAINE DEHUA
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME-XIXÈME SIÈCLE
Elle est représentée debout sur une base ornée de fleurs de lotus, vêtue d'une longue robe formant un élégant drapé. Elle tient dans sa main droite un rouleau. Son buste est paré d'un collier et de bijoux perlés ornés de têtes de ruyi pendant sur sa jupe. Ses yeux mi-clos lui conférent une expression sereine. Son front est ceint d'une tiare ouvragée abritant en son centre une image de Bouddha Amithaba. Le dos portant une marque imprimée Puji Yuren.
Hauteur : 57 cm. (22 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Major General Baron H. van Hemert tot Dingshof and thence by descent.

Further details

A DEHUA FIGURE OF A STANDING GUANYIN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Compare a related figure standing on an overturned vase and waves illustrated in Exhibition of Blanc De Chine, Marchant & Son, London, 1985, p. 5; and another illustrated by P.J. Donnelly, Blanc De Chine, New York, 1969, pl. 521.

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