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Figure (Guanyin)
1680-1720
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Dehua; Fujian; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.089
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.089
Object Name
Figure (Guanyin)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Dehua; Fujian; China; Asia
Date
1680-1720
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Base
Inscription: White, rounded rectangular paper label with "35" in red numbers
Type: Label
Location: Base
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "STATUETTE- 10 1/4" HT./ CHINESE BLANC DE/ CHIN KUAN YIN [???]/ BABY IN ARMS/ 3278" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
10 (H) x 4.409 (W) x 2.874 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
25.4 (H) x 11.2 (W) x 7.3 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: p. 173 (Fig. 110) Dated 1680-1720.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: pp. 250-51 (Fig. 297) Dated c. 1720.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Guanyin with cross, otherwise similar to this one, as well as a Madonna: pp. 90-91 (Figs. 49-50). Dated late 17th century.Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1979 Oriental Export Market Porcelain.
• Similar figure illustrated, fig. 188, p.263; Blanc- de-Chine discussed pp. 257-280.Book: Strober, Eva. 2001 La maladie de porcelaine...: East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong.
• Diifferent blanc-de-chine model with some similar details, from Augustus the Strong collection: pp. 114-15, no. 49, good informationBook: Kerr, Rose & Mengoni, Louisa E. 2011 Chinese Export Ceramics.
• Varient models of Guanyin: pp. 126-127, nos. 179-80, c. 1620-50, two blanc-de-chin and one enamel-decoratedBook: Ferguson, Patricia. 2016 Ceramics: 400 Years of British Collecting in 100 Masterpieces.
• Guanyin and Dehua figures in early English collections: pp. 26-27, showing 1640-90 example.Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Guanyin figure on pp.207-208, cat. no. 99.Catalogue: Loesch, Anette, et al. 1998 Porcelain Collection in the Dresden Zwinger: Guide to the Permanent Collection.
• Boettger stoneware and porcelain and Chinese Guanyin models form Augustus the Strong's Johanneum collection: p. 166Book: Sheaf, Colin & Kilburn, Richard. 1988 The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record.
• Three differently modeled blanc-de-Chine Guanyins found with Hatcher Wreck (1643-46), South China Sea: p. 72, pl. 112Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1986 Chinese Export Porcelain in North America. 300 p.
• Different model Quanyin and child recovered off Port Royal Jamaica (city submerged in 1692): p. 75, no. 112Book: Castelluccio, Stephanie. 2013 Collecting Chinese and Japanese Porcelain in Pre-Revolutionary Paris.
• Different models of Guanyin: pp. 107, 110-11, 170-71, figs. 93-94, 141, 17th-century. See p. 107 for 1717 Entrecolle remarks re Guanyin (Kuan in).