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A CRACKLE-GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana with hands clasped in her lap, covered in a crackled greyish-white glaze with the head, chest, hands and base left unglazed with remains of gilding.
10. in. (25.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Provenance:
Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.
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