The slender figure modelled with biscuit face, neck and hands enveloped by a thickly folded robe and high headdress covered in a rich celadon glaze and seated on a lotus pedestal balanced on the back of a smiling Buddhist lion. 

Provenance: a Swiss private collection

Note: A similar figure of Guanyin riding on a mythical beast, is illustrated in The Multiplicity of Simplicity: Monochrome Wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2012, pl.84.

Compare with a similar biscuit green-glazed figure sold in these rooms, Thursday 16 May, 2013, lot 3. 

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street. 7 Nov 2013