A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

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A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH CENTURY

The elegant figure of the Bodhisattva stands on a pedestal of overlapping lotus petals, her softly rounded face is modelled with well-defined features and eyes downcast in a contemplative expression, the hair swept up in a topknot behind an ornate tiara accommodating two figures of Amitabha, the right hand in vitarka mudra and the left hand in varada mudra, with elaborate beaded strands and adornments draped under her scarf and over her crisply moulded robes, the back impressed with a commendation mark Puji Yuren, 'Virtue extends to all', the glaze of milky-white tone, firing fissures
32 3/4 in. (83.2 cm.) high

Provenance

The Collection of Stanley Charles Nott, sold in our New York Rooms, 20 November 1979, lot 226, and again, 10 December 1987, lot 218.
Originally purchased from S. Yamanaka and by tradition, from the Potola Palace.

Literature

Stanley Charles Nott, Voices from the Flowery Kingdom, New York, 1947, pl. 32.
Nott, Chinese Culture in the Arts, New York, 1946, colour frontispiece.

Lot Essay

For a similar Guanyin figure, cf. P. J. Donelly, Blanc de Chine, 1967, fig. 76B, and pp. 139-140 for a discussion on this type of massive blanc-de-chine Guanyin.

Other example of these rare massive models were sold in our New York Rooms, 11 November 1977, lots 1, 2 and 4 from the Estate of the late Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll, and 9 November 1978, lot 205.

(US0,000-65,000)

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