Blanc de Chine

Chinese Blanc de Chine Guanyin, seated with her hands covered by long flowing robes, with her right knee raised and one foot exposed, her hair neatly tied with a jewelled lingzhi tiara beneath an upright cowl, with serene features, elongated earlobes and an urna mark on her forehead, wearing a lotus flowerhead necklace, covered in a pale cream glaze pooling in the folds, all on an oval cushion with incised herringbone pattern.

Chinese Blanc de Chine figure of Guandi seated on a throne and looking to the left, his right hand holding up his belt, while his left hand rests on his knee, his long flowing robes incised with a central dragon, uncovered at the shoulder, knee and chest to reveal detailed armour, his hair tied with a cap and a headdress of the rising sun above ruyi-clouds, covered overall in a rich and even cream glaze.

Chinese Blanc de Chine figure of Guanyin seated upon a Buddhist lion, with her right hand raised, her left hand holding a scroll, wearing a cowl revealing a lingzhi tiara, her robes extending over the sides of the Buddhist lion, whose head is turned to the left with elaborate curled hairwork, open mouth, stippled nose and cheeks and bushy eyebrows, his saddlecloth incised with branches of flowers amongst leaves, standing four-square on a naturalistic rockwork base, covered overall in an even creamy glaze.

Large Chinese Blanc de Chine group of a standing Guanyin and attendant, the Guanyin with a serene face looking down at a scroll in her hand, while her other hand is tucked inside her long flowing robes, wearing a beaded necklace which drapes down towards her feet with her toes exposed, wearing a high cowl tucked behind a raised tiara, her hair neatly tied and incised, all beside an attendant holding a book in one hand, with his other hand draped inside his sleeve, his head also graciously turning towards her, all standing on a pierced rockwork base.

Chinese Blanc de Chine Guanyin, standing on a lingzhi cloud base, wearing long robes extending to a cowl revealing a tiara containing the Buddha Amitabha, the robes covering her hands and exposing both feet, wearing a lotus necklace, covered in a rich and thick creamy glaze.

Chinese Blanc de Chine Guanyin seated on a raised rockwork throne, wearing long robes extending to a cowl revealing an elaborate flowerhead tiara, wearing a jewelled necklace with three pendants, her right hand resting on her raised right knee with one foot exposed, covered in an even cream glaze.

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.

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.

Chinese Blanc de Chine seated figure of Guanyin on a reed mat with long flowing robes, resting her right hand on her raised right knee and holding a scroll in her left hand, the tip of her right foot exposed, wearing a lingzhi and ruyi-head jewelled necklace and a ruyi-head tiara, her hair neatly tied at the top with a hairpin, covered overall in an even, luminous pale cream glaze.

Large Chinese Blanc de Chine moulded standing figure of a lady beside a high relief phoenix bird, wearing long robes tied above the waist and a wide ruyi-head collar garment, holding a flywhisk in her right hand, her hair in a high piled coiffure, all on a stylized rockwork base.

Chinese Blanc de Chine “Governor Duff” group, modelled as a family in Western clothing, seated either side of a small table with a food dish, in front of a Cross of Lorraine, the family formally arranged, with a pet dog and monkey seated either side of a potted plant, the standing boy and girl holding a fan and ornament while the parents each hold a cup, all on a raised rockwork base.

Chinese Blanc de Chine vase of archaic gu form, the central bulge incised with lotus flowerheads on a single continuous scrolling branch with stylised leaves, between single ribs, covered in a rich and even cream glaze extending to the interior and recessed base.

Chinese Blanc de Chine incense burner with rounded side and gently flared flattened rim, with two high-relief Buddhist lion mask handles with an elaborate mane of curls, all on a slightly splayed foot and lipped footrim, covered overall in an even pale cream glaze, the footrim unglazed, the well of the interior with three spur marks from the firing.

Chinese Blanc de Chine censer of bombé form, with gently flared lipped rim and splayed footrim with ribbed edge, set with Buddhist lion mask handles with curled hairwork, covered overall in a rich and even pale cream glaze, the well of the interior unglazed, the base with an impressed six-character seal mark of Xuande within a recessed rectangle.

Chinese Blanc de Chine cylindrical incense burner, lian, on three bracket feet, covered overall in a rich and even cream glaze, the base unglazed.

Chinese Blanc de Chine cylindrical incense burner, lian, on three bracket feet, covered overall in a rich and even pale cream glaze, the interior with a three-character ink mark, Shu Zi Tang, “Hall of Shuzi”.

Chinese Blanc de Chine incense burner in the form of an archaic bronze gui, with two elephant-head ring handles, gently flared rim and splayed raised foot with ribbed edge, covered overall in an even cream glaze extending to the base, the well of the interior unglazed, the underside with a four-character impressed seal mark Ding Shui Qi Zhen, “Rare treasure of Ding Shui”.

Chinese Blanc de Chine incense burner in the form of an archaic bronze gui with two mythical animal-head handles, each side applied beneath the rim with a central animal mask, taotie, dividing a band of alternating cloud roundels and flowerheads, the tall foot incised with a double-band of leiwen, key-fret above the splayed flattened footrim, covered overall in a rich and even cream glaze extending to the interior and base.