Description: A De Hua figural group of Guanyin and an attendant Qing dynasty, 18th century
both standing on a rectangular rockwork base wearing loosely draped wide-sleeved robes tied around the waist with long sashes, the borders with incised decoration, the deity with her left arm around the shoulders of her companion, her face with downward gaze and hair drawn into a high coil pinned with flowers, the attendant at her side with head slightly raised towards her, with long tresses coiled in knots, covered overall in a white glaze, the reverse with an impressed double gourd kiln mark
De Hua and two four-character seal marks
Pu ji yu ren (virtue extends to all even fishermen)
40.5 cm high
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above