ID 1007315
Lot 874 | A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 18 000
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The Goddess of Mercy is shown seated with the right hand set on the raised right knee, and the left arm resting on a three-legged support with hand gently grasping a ruyi scepter. The figure is swathed in a long, flowing robe which falls open at the chest to reveal a ruyi-shaped necklace. The hair is held in a high chignon by a ruyi-shaped hairpin. The reverse is impressed with a four-character seal reading Lin Xizong yin (seal of Lin Xizong), and the base is carved with two characters, Ru Hao, possibly a name.
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
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