A RARE PAIR OF BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF BOYS, each standing barefoot on a lotus flower above a base of breaking waves, modelled smiling and with the hands held together in the greetings mudra, vajra-anjalikarma, wearing loose robes with ribbons and beaded necklaces and bracelets, the back with impressed marks within a double-gourd, Fujian Dehua Zhizao, Made at Dehua, Fujian, (chipped), circa 1750-1800

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A RARE PAIR OF BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF BOYS, each standing barefoot on a lotus flower above a base of breaking waves, modelled smiling and with the hands held together in the greetings mudra, vajra-anjalikarma, wearing loose robes with ribbons and beaded necklaces and bracelets, the back with impressed marks within a double-gourd, Fujian Dehua Zhizao, Made at Dehua, Fujian, (chipped), circa 1750-1800
29cm. high (2)

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Richard De La Mare, Much Hadham Hall

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拍品专文

A similar figure is illustrated by Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, 1969, pl.91B

Donnolley suggests that Buddhist figures of saints are rare in blanc-de-chine, the seal mark being found only on figures, cf. ibid, pp.165, 253