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十八世紀 德化白釉觀音童子像
「陳偉之印」篆書款
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 28 September 1976, lot 87
An English private collection
來源:蘇富比倫敦,1976年9月28日,拍品編號87
英國私人收藏
Chen Wei was an outstanding Ming dynasty ceramic artist. One of his best known works is a Guanyin figure, 17th century, in The British Museum, London, illustrated by P.J.Donnelly, Blanc-De-Chine, London, 1969, fig.82b. Chen Wei also made boxes and bowls for everyday use. See R.H.Blumenfield, Blanc-De-Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley/Toronto, 2002, p.139.
Compare with a related blanc-de-Chine figure of seated Bodhidharma bearing the same seal mark, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 11 November 2020, lot 50.