Guanyin
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Blanc de chine
Measurements
430 mm (H)
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Greenway, Devon
NT 118794
Summary
'Blanc-de-Chine' figure of Guanyin holding a child, early 18th century, standing barefoot on a cloud base, holding a child (child's head and feet missing) dressed in long layered robes, cross pendant at her chest, her hair looped and coiled in an elaborate coiffure below a long veil falling down her back and shoulders. Ferguson 'Figure of Guanyin, porcelain (Blanc de chine), holding a child or attendant and standing barefoot on a cloud base, dressed in long layered robes, cross pendant at her chest, her hair looped coiled in an elaborate coiffure belod a long veil falling down her back and shoulders c 1720-50. From their home Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Berkshire.
Provenance
Introduced to the Property by Agatha Christie Mallowan. from Wallingford