Lot 5. A Dehua figure of Manjushri, Qing dynasty; 24 cm, 9 1/2  in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot Sold 6,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

well modelled, seated on pierced rockwork beside a Buddhist lion, wearing loose robes tied at the waist and elaborate jewellery, with hair in a high chignon, holding a ruyi sceptre in the right hand, the reverse impressed with a double-gourd seal reading He Chaozong.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th November 2015, lot 145.

Lot 18. A Dehua Guanyin and child figure group, Qing dynasty, 17th century; 24.4 cm, 9 5/8  in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

the figure seated in lalitasana on an elaborate garden rock, wearing loose flowing robes opening at the chest to reveal an ornate necklace, with a meditative expression and neatly combed hair tied in pigtails falling at the shoulder, the child seated in her lap, holding a small ball in his right hand.

Lot 19. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 19th century; 44 cm, 17 1/4  in. Estimate 25,000 — 30,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

seated in dhyanasana, the right hand in vitarkamudra, the left holding a ruyi sceptre, on a lotus base supported by a hexagonal plinth, impressed Puji Ruren mark.

Provenance: Collection of Richard de la Mare, Much Hadham Hall, England.  
Sotheby's Much Hadham Hall sale, September 30 th/1 st October 1980. 
Bonhams London, 5th November 2009, lot 230.

Note: Richard de la Mare, collector of Chinese and Japanese porcelain was T.S. Elliott's publisher. He was the uncle of Sotheby's leading Chinese specialist Julian Thompson and introduced the latter to Chinese porcelain at an early age.

Lot 20. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 17th century; 23.5 cm, 9 1/4  in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

the figure seated in dhyanasana on an elaborate garden rock, the hands in dhyanamudra, wearing long, loose fitting robes, the face with a peaceful expression and the hair tied up in a chignon, with two attendants standing at her feet, covered in an even ivory coloured glazed.

Lot 21. A very large Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; 88 cm,  34 1/2  in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 GBP. Lot sold 50,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

finely modelled standing on a lotus leaf base above cresting waves, wearing a long robe tied at the waist and open slightly at the chest revealing a beaded necklace centred with a lotus, her hair tied in an elaborate topknot beneath a Buddhist tiara and diadem, her left hand holding the hem of her skirt while her right hand is holding a wicker basket, with impressed Pu ji Yuren mark.