A Blue and White Porcelain Figure of Guanyin

A Blue and White Porcelain Figure of Guanyin

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

晚清/民國 青花獅吼觀音像
the Bodhisattva depicted seated on a recumbent fu lion, wearing draped robes and a shawl covering her shoulders, bearing a short bamboo stalk in her hands, her face bearing a calm expression, her hair combed into a high chignon covered by a draped cloth, all supported on a fitted hardwood stand.
Height 15 in., 38.1 cm. Chinese Decorative Arts
Overall good and stable condition. Some dust to the recesses. All fingers on the Guanyin's right hand are chipped off. The coral branch which the Guanyin is bearing with one chip to the side. The lower edge of the hood with a chip. The fu lion's head with a small chip. A large firing crack on the underside. The hardwood stand in good and complete condition.