BLANC DE CHINE PORCELAIN GUANYIN WITH CHILD
BLANC DE CHINE PORCELAIN GUANYIN WITH CHILD
Blanc-de-Chine porcelain
China, late Qing
The Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, in China called Guanyin, here as childbearing mother goddess with a boy on her lap. The goddess sits in rajalilasana in this depiction on a tall rocky base. Sie wears a tall hair bun covered by a scarf, jewelry on the chest and books at her side. The cheerful, naked boy holds a lotus bud on the stem.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 25 CM
Condition: Some manufacturing flaws. Chips to boy’s feet and the finger tips of Guanyin
Provenance: Galerie Zacke archive