Lot 305. A 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin and child, 17th-18th century. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the seated bodhisattva holding a child, wearing long flowing robes open at the chest revealing a beaded necklace, the hair neatly parted and pulled back above the serene face, and falling in two knotted tresses onto the shoulders, all supported on a pierced rockwork base with a book on a pedestal at the side - Height 12 in., 30.5 cm

From the Collection of Richard Lehman Gray

Note: Compare a similar example in the Hickley Collection, illustrated in Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, pl. 8; and another illustrated in Robert H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley, 2002, pl. 65B..

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM