Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
Continental & Oriental Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Glass including collections of Chinese Jade
Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 13 642
About this Item
A Chinese Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, late 17th/early 18th century
the robed figure seated on a rocky plinth holding a small child on her lap with a scroll to one side, the front with a pair of young acolytes flanking a coiled dragon, lacking vase from her right hand side, hairline cracks, some repairs, 23,8cm high, with a carved hardwood stand
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's mother in the 1930s.