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Lot Description

A Blanc-de-Chine Porcelain Figure of Guanyin

18th/19th Century

清中期德化白瓷觀音
finely modeled wearing voluminous robes that cover both hands and seated in the position of 'royal ease', her face with closed eyes and benign expression, her hair upswept in a topknot held by a ruyi hairpin.

Height 9 in., 22.9 cm.

Condition Report

In overall good stable condition, with heavier soiling settling in the recesses and slight firing imperfections.

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