Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014
A Dehua figure of Guanyin, late 17th-early 18th century
Lot 27. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, late 17th-early 18th century; 18.4cm., 7 ¼ in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 398,500 GBP. © Sotheby's.
elegantly modelled reclining with the right arm supported on the raised right knee and the left arm rested on an animal mask handled support, wearing long robes falling into voluminous folds and opening at the chest to reveal a beaded ruyi necklace, the face with a benevolent expression and gentled turned to the left, the neatly combed hair draped over by a hood, impressed to the reverse with a square seal reading Lin Xizong yin (Seal of Lin Xizong), wood stands and Japanese wood box. Quantity: 5.
Provenance: Collection of the Osaka Art Club (by repute).
Yamanaka & Co Ltd., Kyoto, August 1971.
Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr., California.