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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND ACOLYTE Chen Wei impressed seal mark, 18th century image 1
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND ACOLYTE Chen Wei impressed seal mark, 18th century image 2
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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND ACOLYTE
Chen Wei impressed seal mark, 18th century

2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND ACOLYTE

Chen Wei impressed seal mark, 18th century
The deity seated on a lotus plinth rising from waves roiling with a lotus bud and fish, an acolyte standing on a leaf to one side, wearing loose flowing robes open at the chest to reveal beaded jewellery, her face with a serene expression in a downcast gaze beneath finely moulded tiara and veil, covered overall in a creamy-white glaze, the back impressed with a four-character seal mark. 32.5cm (12 3/4in) high.

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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.

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