Blanc de Chine

Large Chinese Blanc de Chine, Dehua, group of a standing Guanyin with 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 drape down toward her feet with her toes exposed, wearing a high cowl tucked behind a raised tiara with a seated figure, her hair neatly tied and incised, all beside her attendant holding a book with his other hand draped inside his sleeve, his head also graciously turning towards her, all standing on a pierced rockwork base.

A Chinese Blanc de Chine incense burner of archaic bronze lian form on three ruyi-head bracket feet, impressed with a central band of archaic animals on a liwen ground between horizontal ribs, covered in a white glaze.

Chinese porcelain Blanc de Chine brushpot, bitong, stoutly potted with gently everted sides, incised on the body with a nineteen-character poem and a four-character signature, covered overall in a rich and even cream glaze.

A Chinese blanc de chine hookah base, the body moulded in high-relief with flowering branches of winter prunus, beneath a relief band of leaves at the shoulder, repeated beneath the rim, the neck of conical form with a wide, flat flange, all on a slightly splayed foot, all between anhua key-fret bands on the rim and foot, covered overall in an even white glaze.

Chinese Blanc de Chine Guanyin seated on a raised rockwork throne, wearing long robes extending to a cowl, resting her hand on her raised right knee, wearing a jewelled necklace and elaborate floral scroll tiara, covered in a cream glaze.

Chinese Blanc de Chine libation cup of rhinoceros horn form applied with dragons, deer, pine and prunus branches and overhanging rocks, covered in a cream glaze.

Chinese Blanc de Chine large wine cup of magnolia flower form, the openwork branches forming the foot rim and extending on the applied sides with branches of prunus and magnolia, covered in a white cream glaze.

Chinese blanc de Chine brushpot, bitong, of cylindrical form with openwork decoration of three incised peony blooms amongst branches and foliage issuing from rockwork between a wide band at the foot and rim, covered in a white glaze.

Chinese blanc de Chine bottle vase with compressed body and cylindrical flared neck applied with a bifid-tailed chilong dragon holding a branch in its mouth, covered in a rich cream glaze.

Chinese blanc de Chine vase of gu form, the central bulge incised with a single branch of continuous flowering lotus between single ribs, covered in a thick rich cream glaze.

Incense burner, lian, of plain cylindrical form on three bracket feet, covered in a rich cream glaze.

Pair of Chinese blanc de Chine fully trapped horses, each facing inwards and standing with a single foreleg slightly bent on a rectangular base, covered in a white glaze.

Group of Chinese blanc de Chine musicians seated on a rocky outcrop by a pine tree, one clapping and the others playing a moon guitar and flute respectively, covered in a cream glaze.

Chinese blanc de Chine Guanyin standing with one hand raised, looking down at her boy attendant holding a book, wearing long flowing robes extending to a cowl revealing a flowerhead tiara above her detailed hairwork, with single strap necklace, all on a pierced rockwork base, covered in a rich cream glaze.

Chinese blanc de Chine Guanyin seated on a pierced rockwork throne in the position of royal ease, rajalalitasana, with hands in front of her raised right knee, wearing long flowing robes draped over the rockwork and extending to a cowl, her right foot exposed, wearing an elaborate lingzhi and jewelled necklace and ruyi-head tiara, covered in a cream glaze.

Chinese blanc de Chine Guanyin seated on a rockwork throne with right knee raised, wearing long flowing robes exposing the hands and one foot and extending to a cowl, with elaborate hair and tiara, all between a vase and bird and two acolytes, Longnu, 'the Jade Maiden', and Shancai, 'the Golden Youth', covered in a cream glaze.

Chinese blanc de Chine figure of Wang Zhaojun, holding a biwa and mounted on a horse, on a rectangular base incised with ruyi-head clouds, covered in a cream glaze.