Each Guanyin in a royal ease on a lotus throne raised above unglazed square plinth, a ruyi sceptre held in her right hand resting on her knee and a bird perched at her left hand side, the veil and robes brightly splashed in yellow, green and aubergine enamels.
For a very similar example, see Sotheby’s London, Finese Chinese Works of Art and Export Porcelain, 24th february 1976, lot 199 (The property of a Lady – Formerly in the Collection of the late the Hon. Mrs. Nellie Ionides).
Another similar figure was in the Collection of F. Allard (Paris, 1st April 1925).
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