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