A finely modelled Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, seated in Royal Ease and wearing loose-fitting robes and a necklace with a ruyi head pendant, holding a ruyi sceptre in her right hand and leaning on a low table, her layered robes fall in graceful folds around the body, the face is modelled with delicate features, and the hair is worn in tresses that fall across the shoulders, the oval base incised, the back with impressed He Chao Chun mark within double gourd, 21cm high Provenance: From a Noble English family, prior to 1921 清 "何朝春"款德化观音 拍品来源：英国显赫贵族私人收藏，购自1921年前 Condition Report: the base with firing crack under base then extending to a hair crack up the front of the body of the figure measuring about 13cm running from base and then between arms and legs and another firing crack to the back with hair crack running vertical on the outside visible for 5cm but filled with original glaze so a firing hair crack but the inner crack running up for about 10cm thumb chipped off and tips of three fingers chipped off several small chips to front edge of robe Condition Report Disclaimer