7. M4799
£12,000
Description
Chinese porcelain Blanc de Chine Guanyin seated with her arms and legs concealed under her robes, tied at the waist and extending to a folded cowl covering her detailed hair, with a serene expression and urna mark on her forehead, wearing a single strand necklace, covered in an even cream glaze.
5 5⁄8 inches, 14.3 cm high.
Dehua, Fujian Province.
Late Ming dynasty, circa 1640.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From a private collection, Montpellier, France, assembled over 40 years.
- Formerly in a private English collection.
- Published by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 34, p. 63.
- A similar Guanyin was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1985, no. 5, p. 9; a related Guanyin with hands and feet covered by robes and wearing a similar necklace is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. 2, 1994, no. 1009, p. 307.
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