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Kangxi
Deftly modelled with Guanyin seated upon a raised lotus, clad in long flowing robes and with a serene face framed by a hood, flanked by the acolytes Sudhana and Longnü, each standing upon a lotus leaf emerging from swirling waves, the heads of two fish visible beneath, the figures and waves covered overall in a creamy-white glaze.
15.3cm (6in) high.
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清康熙 德化窯白釉觀音及隨侍像
Provenance: an English private collection
S. Marchant & Son, London, 2014, no.36
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: S. Marchant & Son, Blanc de Chine, London, 2014, p.65, no.36
來源:英格蘭私人收藏
倫敦古董商馬錢特,2014年,編號36
馬錢特,《Blanc de Chine》,倫敦,2014年,第65頁,編號36
An early representation of this type of Guanyin with acolytes is illustrated in an atlas published in 1655 by the Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu and illustrated by J.Ayers and R.Kerr, , Singapore, 2002, p.29, fig.17. The earliest known dated blanc-de-Chine Guanyin and acolytes is inscribed on the base with the second year of the Chongzhen reign (1629), and is illustrated by P.J.Donnelly, , London, 1969, pl.71.
See a related blanc-de-Chine figure of Guanyin with two acolytes, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 192.