A VERY LARGE DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

finely modelled standing on a lotus leaf base above cresting waves, wearing a long robe tied at the waist and open slightly at the chest revealing a beaded necklace centred with a lotus, her hair tied in an elaborate topknot beneath a Buddhist tiara and diadem, her left hand holding the hem of her skirt while her right hand is holding a wicker basket, with impressed Pu ji Yuren mark

Christie's London, 23rd July 1973, lot 159.