17TH-19TH CENTURY

He Chaochun was the younger brother of the celebrated Ming-dynasty Dehua potter, He Chaozong. There are only a handful of surviving examples of Dehua figures bearing He Chaochun’s seal marks. For a seated Guanyin also with He Chaochun mark, see, P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1967, pl. 151, no. c. A He Chaochun-marked seated Guanyin, shown holding a whisk, formerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 923.