A Longquan celadon grotto
Ming dynasty
The brown clay covered in a thick vitreous translucent glaze of olive green hue and intricately potted to depict Guanyin wearing flowing robes and bedecked with jewels and seated in the lalitasana posture upon a high plinth within the interior of an elaborate shelter of lithe tendrils enmeshing a parrot and a vase all above a churning sea; the entire edifice now supported by and mounted upon a waisted gilt metal platform lighting fixture (firing cracks, losses).
12in (30.5cm) height exclusive of platform and fixture
The brown clay covered in a thick vitreous translucent glaze of olive green hue and intricately potted to depict Guanyin wearing flowing robes and bedecked with jewels and seated in the lalitasana posture upon a high plinth within the interior of an elaborate shelter of lithe tendrils enmeshing a parrot and a vase all above a churning sea; the entire edifice now supported by and mounted upon a waisted gilt metal platform lighting fixture (firing cracks, losses).
12in (30.5cm) height exclusive of platform and fixture
Sold for
US$ 62,500
inc. premium
Lot heading
Property from the collection of Joseph Klein (1899 - 1987), New York, New York
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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