Lot 684. A famille-verte biscuit figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 11,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the deity seated in meditative pose, one hand securing a small child, the other hand slightly raised, wearing a voluminous wide-sleeved white robe bordered with a green-ground chevron pattern and centered with yellow, aubergine and black foliate motifs on a green ground, adorned with an applied tasseled beaded necklace, the unglazed hair neatly pulled into a top knot, surmounted by a cowl painted with florets and a central 'pearl', falling gently over the shoulders and framing the delicately featured face bearing a benign expression, all raised on a balustraded hexagonal throne with three overlapping rows of lotus petals over a central green-ground foliate-decorated panel enclosing a crane with spread wings between ruyi pierced diaper-ground panels (2). Height 15 5/8  in., 39.6 cm

Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York, 1980s.  

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art New York, 15 Mar 2017