A 'BLANC-DE-CHINE' FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

seated on a recumbent Buddhist lion with one leg raised, dressed in long flowing robes opening at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace, one arm holding a ruyi sceptre while the other rested on the knee, the plump face with a serene expression below neatly combed hair falling into two ribbon-tied tassels at the shoulders, the beast with bulging eyes framed by bushy eyebrows and beard in tight curls, covered overall in a creamy ivory glaze

In good general condition. small chips to the lower tip of ruyi sceptre head and to qilin's left eye brow. A short firing crack to one of Guanyin's left pig tails. The glaze with a slightly yellow tone.
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