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A POLYCHROME ENAMELLED BLANC-DE-CHINE TRAY, AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED BLANC-DE-CHINE INCENSE BURNER AND A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17th/18th century
The circular tray decorated to the well with a solitary figure before pavilions nestling amongst pine in a mountainous river landscape; the tripod incense burner with panels of figures in landscapes reserved on a geometric ground below a band of shou characters; the Guanyin seated on a rockwork plinth, holding a child on her lap, flanked by two acolytes.
The Guanyin 38.5cm (15 1/4in) high (3).
Footnotes:
十七/十八世紀 德化窰彩繪盤, 德化窰青花爐及德化窰觀音坐像
Provenance:
The tray: Collection of Patrick J. Donnelly (1908-1978).
Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) and thence by descent.
Published and Illustrated: the tray: P.J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine: The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien, 1969, cat. no. 135a.
For a closely related figure of Guanyin see The Porcelain Collection of Dresden, China, Japan, Meissen, Dresden, 2006, p. 41
Lot to be sold without reserve.
17th/18th century
The circular tray decorated to the well with a solitary figure before pavilions nestling amongst pine in a mountainous river landscape; the tripod incense burner with panels of figures in landscapes reserved on a geometric ground below a band of shou characters; the Guanyin seated on a rockwork plinth, holding a child on her lap, flanked by two acolytes.
The Guanyin 38.5cm (15 1/4in) high (3).
Footnotes:
十七/十八世紀 德化窰彩繪盤, 德化窰青花爐及德化窰觀音坐像
Provenance:
The tray: Collection of Patrick J. Donnelly (1908-1978).
Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) and thence by descent.
Published and Illustrated: the tray: P.J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine: The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien, 1969, cat. no. 135a.
For a closely related figure of Guanyin see The Porcelain Collection of Dresden, China, Japan, Meissen, Dresden, 2006, p. 41
Lot to be sold without reserve.
Condition
The tray - broken in a few sections and restored.
The incense burner - glaze pulling and firing imperfections around the interior. Small patch of glaze pulling to the exterior.
The Guanyin - A vertical crack to both the front and back running up to the shoulder area. Some small chips and nibbles to extremities.
The incense burner - glaze pulling and firing imperfections around the interior. Small patch of glaze pulling to the exterior.
The Guanyin - A vertical crack to both the front and back running up to the shoulder area. Some small chips and nibbles to extremities.
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A POLYCHROME ENAMELLED BLANC-DE-CHINE TRAY, AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED BLANC-DE-CHINE INCENSE ...
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