Lot no. 155
An ormolu candelabrum with a Dehua blanc de Chine figure of Guanyin. Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
The Goddess of Mercy seated in rajalilasana with robes falling in graceful folds around the body, the hands clasped around one knee, the face with a benign expression, the hair in a chignon with finely accentuated strands, all covered with a cream-white glaze. Architectural fire gilt bronze mount cast in several parts: a terrace with a short staircase, a baldachin with four small bells (clappers missing) shading the goddess, and two flowering branches ending in candle holders. The bronze Paris, around 1760.
Guanyin H 13,8, baldachin H 24 cm.
Formerly private collection, Belgium
To the mount s. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris 1997, S. 122 und 282
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Ceramics, pottery and earthenware
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