A DEHUA FIGURE OF A SEATED GUANYIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

shown seated lalitasana on a pierced rockwork base, the hair coiled up into a bun, the hands clasped round the raised right leg, wearing a long flowing robe tied at the waist and falling open to reveal a necklace, ribbon-tied scrolls on a rocky outcrop to the left, the back impressed with a He Chaozong square seal mark

E & J Frankel, New York, 1974.

The left hand with three broken fingers, a few minor chips along the edges of the robes, and the expected firing cracks to the rockwork base. There There is an iron spot to the back of the figure, the side of the robe and one hand. There are scattered minor firing cracks on the robe of the figure, with a stained crack to the back of the rockwork base. There is also a firing crack to the hairpin.
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