A 'BLANC-DE-CHINE' FIGURE OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY 18TH CENTURY
A 'BLANC-DE-CHINE' FIGURE OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY 18TH CENTURYEstimate $3,500 – $4,500
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