Lot 41. A rare Dehua Blanc de Chine figure of a seated Guanyin, Impressed He Chaozong gourd mark, 17th century; 21.6cm high. Sold for US$12,800 © Bonhams 2025

The demure 'Goddess of Mercy' seated lalitasana in voluminous robes, her left arm resting on a three-legged stool and holding a ruyi scepter with beaded jewel, her right hand placed on her knee with fingers delicately posed over an exposed left foot, the small oval shaped head crowned with a chignon falling to plaited locks over her shoulders, a double-gourd He Chaozong seal mark impressed into the lower back of her robe.

Provenance: Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, No. P. 7322, according to label
Sarah Bell Gambrell

Note: See Christie's, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1161, for a larger model seated lalitasana holding a scroll, and another of the same pose as the present lot, sold Christie's, New York, 14 October 2009, lot 378. See Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc De Chine. Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, Art Media Resources, 2002, Fig. 11 for a similar but later dated model.

Lot 45. A delicate Dehua Blanc de Chine seated figure of Guanyin, 17th-18th century, gourd seal of He Chaozong; 14cm high. Sold for US$6,400 © Bonhams 2025

Seated lalitasana, her left hand holding a scroll and resting on her right hand and knee, the diminutive figure dress in an elegantly draped robe exposing her jeweled chest and right foot and setting off her small head and downcast eyes framed by a tightly wound chignon embellished with jewels, an impressed He Chaozong double-gourd seal on the back of her robe.