A 'BLANC-DE-CHINE' FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

finely modeled, the deity gracefully seated on pierced rockwork above frothing waves, the upper body slightly turned with one arm raised holding an ingot, the right hand resting on an album of books with a small censer on the opposite side, dressed in long flowing robes falling partially open at the front revealing a ruyi-pendant necklace and further adorned with beaded armlets and anklets, her hair tied into two knotted tresses over the shoulders, the face with serene expression set with a raised urna, covered overall with a soft white glaze, bearing an impressed double gourd, He Zhao, and square seal marks on the reverse, He Zhao Cong

There are two small factory filled firing tears on the base. Otherwise, in good condition.
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Other examples of seated figures of Guanyin by He Zhao Cong are illustrated in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine - The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien, New York, 1969, pl. 144A and 147A.