Lot 37. Four 'Dehua' figures and groups, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Height of tallest 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm. Estimate  3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 4,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the first a figural group of a lady and a gentleman standing on a square plinth, the lady holding the stalk of a flowering narcissus plant; the second, a group of three musicians seated in a grotto; the third, a seated Guanyin holding a scroll in the left hand over the right knee, an impressed double-gourd seal mark on the reverse; and the fourth, a figure of Bodhidarma, seated on a rock with folded arms resting on the right knee, four wood stands. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: First: S. Marchant & Son, London, 1985.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1989, lot 141.
Third: Phillips London, 10th June 1992, lot 209.

Literature: S. Marchant & Son, London, Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1985, cat. no. 13.