13 septembre 2015
A large Dehua group of Guanyin and a child, Late Qing dynasty
A large Dehua group of Guanyin and a child, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate $32,000 – $30,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
Guanyin is shown seated on a pierced rockwork base that supports a vase to one side, she peers down at the young boy seated in her lap, who raises his left hand while holding the stem of a lotus bud in his right hand. The goddess of Mercy wears voluminous robes that drape over her topknot and he wears an apron. The back is impressed with a Dehua double-gourd-shaped mark and a seal mark, He Chao Zong yin (seal of He Chao Zong).
Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland, before 1930.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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