A DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL
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A DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL

IMPRESSED 'FISHERMAN' MARK, LATE QING DYNASTY

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A DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL
Impressed 'fisherman' mark, late Qing Dynasty
Modelled standing on a square rockwork base beside a young deer bearing a basket of flowers on its back, the Immortal holding a ewer and wearing long robes with ribbons over the shoulders and falling down in curls around the base, the hair tied up and pinned with flowers
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high
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拍场告示
Please note the mark reads pu ji yu ren (extends to all fishermen).

拍品专文

The mark reads deji yuren (virtue extends to fishermen).

This figure probably represents He Xiangu, one of the Eight Daoist Immortals. This model has on occasion been called 'The Queen Mother of the West' (Xi Wangmu), but she according to legend carries a basket of peaches, of which there is no sign in this example. A very similar blanc-de-chine figure is in the Museu de Arte do Bahia, illustrated by J. R. Teixeira Leite, As Companhias das Indias ea Porcelana Chinesa de Encomenda, Sao Paulo, 1986, p.191, cat.3. A pair of similar but larger figures is in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p.284, no.343.