8. M5475
£12,000
Description
Chinese Blanc de Chine seated Guanyin, her right hand resting on her raised knee, the left concealed beneath long flowing robes extending to a cowl, with a ruyi-head tiara above her detailed hairwork, wearing an elaborate necklace, seated in the position of royal ease upon a herringbone pattern base, covered overall in a rich and even creamy glaze.
5 3⁄4 inches, 13.3 cm high.
Dehua, Fujian Province.
Late Ming dynasty, circa 1640.
Carved flower-form wood stand.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, 2nd November 1981, sale 323, lot 340.
- From the estate of Stephen G. Henry Jr., Baton Rouge, San Jose, California, circa 1850 or earlier.
- Three examples of Guanyin seated in a similar pose, each on a rockwork base, were included by Marchant in their exhibitions of Blanc de Chine, 1985, no. 6, p. 9, Blanc de Chine, 2006, no. 10, p. 24, and Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 26, p. 54.