Lot 36. A 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Height 8 in., 22 cm. Estimate  1,500 — 2,000 USD. Lot sold 23,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's

modeled seated in rajalilasana with robes falling in graceful folds around the body revealing a beaded necklace, the right sleeve bunched at the wrist to show a hand resting on a raised knee, the face with downcast eyes and benign expression, the hair arranged beneath an elegantly draped cowl, the back with an impressed seal mark reading Lin Xiaozong yin.

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: Phillips London, 10th June 1992, lot 211.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012