A WHITE AND GREEN MOTTLED JADEITE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND SHANCAI LATE QING DYNASTY

the elegant figure standing barefoot, dressed in voluminous layered robes, holding a large vase with both hands, the full sleeves gathered into folds and falling back to reveal bracelets around the wrists, the hair swept back and tied in two braids, the acolyte Shancai alongside hands in anjalimudra, the undercut scarves imparting a sense of motion to the figure, the white stone mottled with splashes and veins of apple and moss green, wood stand (2)

There are two minute nicks to the rim of the figure's vase, a polished chip to the back edge of figure's collar, and a russet fissure running through the midde of the carving, which is affixed to its wood stand.
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Most jadeite with fine emerald coloring was turned into jewelry, while larger stones with variegated coloring were often carved into decorative items such as the present lot. A seated jadeite figure of Guanyin with similar hairstyle and facial features, ascribed to the Qing dynasty is illustrated in Jade: Ch'ing Dynasty Treasures from the National Museum of  History, Taiwan, Taipei, 1997, no. 133, and a much larger figure, again with similar facial features and attributed to the Late Qing dynasty, is illustrated by Stanley C. Nott, Voices from the Flowery Kingdom, New York, 1947, pl. LXXIV.