A 'Dehua' Figure of Guanyin, 17th/18th Century - Photo Sotheby's

 seated with one leg raised, wearing long robes falling into voluminous folds and opening at the chest to reveal a ruyi-shaped pendant, the hands holding a scroll and rested on the raised right knee, depicted with a serene expression framed by neatly combed hair piled up into an elaborate chignon; 24.8cm., 9 3/4 in. Estimation: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: Collection of Howard Paget.
Marchant, London, 6th October 1977.

EXHIBITED: Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period (circa 1620-1680 A.D.) from the Collection of Mr & Mrs Peter Thompson,
Hull University, Hull, 1985, cat. no. 63.

LITTERATURE: Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain. The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912), London, 1951, pl. CXX, no. 2.

Sotheby's. Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson. London | 07 nov. 2012 www.sothebys.com