CHINA 17TH
Late Ming Dynasty
This Guanyin is of high quality, and has all the characteristics of a fine Dehua figure. The figure is depicted in a particularly peaceful, fairly realistic and simple style, with her hair tied up and no headdress. The hands are particularly well-developed and the delicacy of the fingers can be seen. The glaze is creamy white.
Height : 15,8cm
For a similar Guanyin, but on a larger rock, see :
- Palace Museum, Blanc de Chine Zou Yan Guanyin - Accession in 1958 (Vol I. Dehua Wares Collected by The Palace Museum, Fig. 22, p. 82)
Two very small chips, to middle finger and ring finger.
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