A TURQUOISE- AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED BISCUIT GUANYIN SHRINE, KANGXI PERIOD
A TURQUOISE- AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED BISCUIT GUANYIN SHRINE, KANGXI PERIOD
China, 1662-1722. The deity portrayed seated in dhyanasana with hands folded in the lap beneath the two-tiered roof, flanked by boy and girl attendants standing below a bird and a precious vase framing the lintel, a smaller figure of Amitabha seated in the alcove above, set on a waisted pedestal base, and partly covered in a translucent aubergine and turquoise glaze.
Provenance: From a distinguished French private collection of Chinese and Japanese art.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, firing irregularities including few firing cracks, the central finial of the roof with a small loss, the left roof finial renewed with minor associated touchups, and little glaze flaking.
Weight: 1,427 kg
Dimensions: Height 28.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related glazed and molded shrine with Zhenwu, dated 1573-1620, 29.5 cm tall, in the British Museum, museum number 2003,0729.1.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby's New York, 18 March 2014, lot 458
Price: USD 8,750 or approx.
EUR 11,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A turquoise-glazed Zhenwu shrine, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, glazes, and size (27,9 cm).
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A TURQUOISE- AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED BISCUIT GUANYIN SHRINE, KANGXI PERIOD
China, 1662-1722. The deity portrayed seated in dhyanasana with hands folded in the lap beneath the two-tiered roof, flanked by boy and girl attendants standing below a bird and a precious vase framing the lintel, a smaller figure of Amitabha seated in the alcove above, set on a waisted pedestal base, and partly covered in a translucent aubergine and turquoise glaze.
Provenance: From a distinguished French private collection of Chinese and Japanese art.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, firing irregularities including few firing cracks, the central finial of the roof with a small loss, the left roof finial renewed with minor associated touchups, and little glaze flaking.
Weight: 1,427 kg
Dimensions: Height 28.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related glazed and molded shrine with Zhenwu, dated 1573-1620, 29.5 cm tall, in the British Museum, museum number 2003,0729.1.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby's New York, 18 March 2014, lot 458
Price: USD 8,750 or approx.
EUR 11,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A turquoise-glazed Zhenwu shrine, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, glazes, and size (27,9 cm).
Buyer's Premium
30%
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
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