Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

58 83 A LARGE AND IMPORTANT DEHUA / BLANC DE CHINE MOLDED FIGURE OF GUANYIN BOJI YUREN 波及漁人 IMPRESSED MARK CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY The Goddess of Mercy is depicted seated in rajalalisana and holding a ruyi scepter. She wears loose robes as well as a necklace. A hair bun is topping her head. The back bears an impressed four- character mark of square shape: ‘ 波及漁人’. H: 34,3 cm Notes: 1. The impressed seal mark ‘Boji Yuren’ can be read as ‘Virtue extends to all, includinag fishermen’. For figures bearing the Boji Yuren seal mark, see J.Ayers ‘Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain’, pp.117-120, pls.68-71. 2.Compare with a related molded figure of Guanyin of smaller size sold at CHRISTIE’S CSK, London, UK, 2011-05-13, lot 1087, sold for GBP 9,375. € 8,000 - 12,000 +