Impressed double-gourd seal of Dehua and two seals of Xu Yunlin, late Qing Dynasty|The Goddess of Mercy seated on a lion with her bare right foot crossed over the right knee, adorned with elaborate jewellery and flowing ribbons, the lion modelled with thickly curling eyebrows, mane and tail, wood stand. 49.5cm (19 1/2in) high. (2).|清末 德化白瓷騎吼觀音坐像「德化」、「許雲麟製」篆書印款Provenance: an Italian private collection來源： 意大利私人收藏Skilfully modelled with great attention to detail and light milky-white glaze, the present Guanyin bears the mark of Xu Youyi (1887-1940), the principal follower, pupil and associate of the master Dehua potter Su Xuejin (1869-1919); see J.Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p.121. Compare a large Dehua figure of Samantabhadra, illustrated in R.Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley, 2002, pp.203-204. A pair of large blanc-de-chine figures of Bodhisattvas riding a lion and an elephant, impressed Xu Yunlin marks, early 20th century, were sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 3196.