Smith & Singer
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A 'BLANC-DE-CHINE' FIGURE OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY 18TH CENTURY

A 'BLANC-DE-CHINE' FIGURE OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY 18TH CENTURY

Estimate $3,500 – $4,500

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seated in lalitasana with right arm leaning on a dragon footed armrest, the left resting on her knee, her head facing forward with heavily lidded eyes and a serene expression, her long flowing robes revealing a beaded lotus pendant, the reverse with a square mark reading puji yuren

23CM

PROVENANCE
Mr John Weller
The Connosseur's Collection, Sotheby's Australia, 27 May 2008, lot 49
Private Collection, Melbourne

LITERATURE
Compare with a similar figure, illustrated by P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, the Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien, London 1969, pl. 85B

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