A 'DEHUA' FIGURE OF A SEATED GUANYIN QING DYNASTY, LATE 17TH CENTURY / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

the deity with arms clasped around the raised right leg, wearing long robes open at the chest to reveal a simple necklace, the face with a meditative expression and the neatly combed hair falling in two knotted plaits around the shoulders, all raised on a furled lotus leaf with rolling waves beneath, the back impressed with a square Lin Xiaozong yin seal mark 

Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain, China Institute Gallery, New York, 2002, cat. no. 29.

All the fingers are intact, and there are scattered minor firing imperfections throughout including a concentration of glaze at the lower right edge of the base. The left side with a 7 cm long firing crack visible from the exterior, and the right side interior with a firing crack, only subtly visible for approximately 2 cm from the exterior. The glaze a rich, even ivory color.
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Compare other figures bearing Lin Xiaozong's seal mark, illustrated in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 142A-C.