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Figure (Guanyin)
1785-1795
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.094
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.094
Object Name
Figure (Guanyin)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1785-1795
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Base
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "L00.2130.45" handwritten in pencil
Type: Label
Location: Base
Inscription: White, rounded rectangular paper label with red lettering, obscured by other label
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
19.606 (H) x 8.898 (W) x 6.811 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
49.8 (H) x 22.6 (W) x 17.3 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: 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: 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: 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).Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Somewhat similarly modeled example decorated in similar palatte: pp. 474-75, no. 263, c. 1790