A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANYIN IN A GROTTO, KANGXI PERIOD
A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANYIN IN A GROTTO, KANGXI PERIOD
China, 1662-1722. Well modeled, the Goddess of Mercy seated on a lotus pedestal rising from a dark craggy grotto towering behind her, issuing two bamboo shoots framing the deity, a small vase stands on a small platform above her right shoulder, the biscuit glazed in dark-brown, cream-white, and green with the hair painted black. The base left unglazed revealing the buff ware. The back with two apertures.
Provenance: From a British private collection.
Condition: Fair condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, few short hairlines, minuscule chips and small losses to exposed areas, old repairs and minor touchups to some lotus petals and the figure.
Weight: 846.2 g
Dimensions: Height 20 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related grotto dated to the Kangxi period, illustrated by Christiaan J. A. Joerg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1997, p. 184, no. 204.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams London, 9 May 2016, lot 46
Price: GBP 3,125 or approx. EUR 5,200 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A famille verte biscuit Guanyin grotto, Kangxi
Expert remark: Compare the related subject, modeling, and size (20.5 cm).
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A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANYIN IN A GROTTO, KANGXI PERIOD
China, 1662-1722. Well modeled, the Goddess of Mercy seated on a lotus pedestal rising from a dark craggy grotto towering behind her, issuing two bamboo shoots framing the deity, a small vase stands on a small platform above her right shoulder, the biscuit glazed in dark-brown, cream-white, and green with the hair painted black. The base left unglazed revealing the buff ware. The back with two apertures.
Provenance: From a British private collection.
Condition: Fair condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, few short hairlines, minuscule chips and small losses to exposed areas, old repairs and minor touchups to some lotus petals and the figure.
Weight: 846.2 g
Dimensions: Height 20 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related grotto dated to the Kangxi period, illustrated by Christiaan J. A. Joerg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1997, p. 184, no. 204.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams London, 9 May 2016, lot 46
Price: GBP 3,125 or approx. EUR 5,200 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A famille verte biscuit Guanyin grotto, Kangxi
Expert remark: Compare the related subject, modeling, and size (20.5 cm).
