清十八 / 十九世紀 德化白釉千手觀音坐像

seated dhyanasana on top of a lotus base with overlapping petals, above swirling waves applied further with lotus stems bearing buds and large curling leaves, the primary hands held in anjalimudra, the lower pair in dhyanamudra, the other fourteen hands extended holding various attributes, with two discs representing the sun and the moon held flanking the foliate crown raised by the uppermost pair of hands, the back with a double-gourd seal reading De Hua, and a square seal below reading He Chaozong zhi

倫敦蘇富比1973年12月5日，編號46

There are losses to the tips of a few fingers, and two large firing cracks to the sides of the lotus base.
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