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Chinese export Dehua porcelain (blanc-de-chine) figure of a Guanyin holding a child, Kangxi.

Stock Number: 5002

Fine Chinese export Dehua porcelain (blanc-de-chine) figure of a Guanyin with a serene expression holding a child, seated on a lotus flower above a coiled fierce looking four claw dragon, two attendants at her feet and above two pedestals with a bottle and a book, c. 1720, Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty, h. 22 cm, 8 ¾ in; h. 10 cm, 4 in. 7-17353

Literature: Blanc de Chine, by P.J. Donnelly, plate 75 for a similar but larger figure.

精美的中國外銷德化白瓷送子觀音像,像中觀音面容慈祥,懷抱童子,坐於一朵蓮花之上,花下一條蜿蜒兇猛的四爪龍,觀音腳邊兩個仕童站在座子上,上面分別放有一個瓶子和一本書,約1720年,清康熙,高22釐米,8¾英吋;高10釐米,4英吋。

參考文獻:《中國白瓷》,作者P.J. Donnelly,見彩圖75一件相似但是尺寸較大的塑像。