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29 avril 2017

A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th century

A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Lot 105. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th century, 26.5 cm, 10 1/2  in.  Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 68,750 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

seated in lalitasana holding a scroll in the left hand, wearing long flowing robes, the face with a serene downcast expression and hair ornately tied and set with jewellery, with a matching pendant to the chest, the reverse impressed with a gourd-shaped He Chaozong mark 

Provenance: Collection of Vilhelm Meyer (1878-1935). 
Thence by descent to the present owner.

NoteA similarly modelled figure of Guanyin also bearing a He Chaozong mark, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, Beijing, 2016, pl. 26; another is published in Chinese Porcelain. The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pt. 1, pl. 133; and two were sold in our Hong Kong rooms, the first from the Edward T. Chow collection, 19th May 1981, lot 466, and the second, 20th May 1987, lot 529.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 10 May 2017, 02:00 PM   

 

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