'Dehua' figures sold at Sotheby's, New York, 28 june 2024
Lot 111. Property from a New York Private Collection. A 'Dehua' figure of a Luohan, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Height 19.5 cm. Price realised USD 6,500 (Estimate USD 5,000 – USD 7,000). © Sotheby's 2024
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st December 1980, lot 915.
Lot 112. Property from a Canadian Private Collection. A 'Dehua' figure of seated Guanyin, late 19th-earlu 20th century. Height 21.8 cm. Price realised USD 1,200 (Estimate USD 3,000 – USD 5,000). © Sotheby's 2024
Provenance: Acquired in Asia prior to the 1970s, and thence by descent.
Lot 113. *A 'Dehua' seated figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty. Height 22.3 cm. Price realised USD 3,840 (Estimate USD 3,000 – USD 4,000). © Sotheby's 2024
the back impressed with an apocryphal three-character He Chaozong mark within a double-gourd, Japanese wood box (3)