A LARGE BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN Impressed Boji Yuren seal mark, late Qing Dynasty/Republic PeriodA LARGE BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYINImpressed Boji Yuren seal mark, late Qing Dynasty/Republic PeriodThe deity finely modelled standing, draped in long flowing robes open at the chest to reveal beaded jewellery and cascading to the rockwork plinth, her feet exposed, her delicate hands held in front of her belly, the face with contemplative expression beneath finely moulded tiara and hood, covered in a yellowish-white glaze, the back impressed with the four-character seal mark. 55cm (21 1/2in) high.Provenance: Sir Michael Oppenheimer (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020) and Lady Helen Oppenheimer DD (1926-2022), and thence by descent清晚期/民國 德化白釉觀音立像「博及漁人」篆書款來源：Michael Oppenheimer 爵士（三代從男爵，1924-2020年）與Helen Oppenheimer DD夫人（1926-2022年）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今The collection belonged to Sir Michael and Lady Oppenheimer DD (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020). Sir Michael's maternal grandparents were Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Baronet (1856-1931) and Lady Emily Blanche Harvey (1872-1935) of Langley Park, Buckinghamshire. The Chinese art collection can be, at least in part, traced back to Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, home to the Harvey Baronets from 1788 until 1945.Sir Michael Oppenheimer's paternal family was the well-known South African mining family. The baronetcy was created in 1921 for Bernard Oppenheimer, Chairman of the South African Diamond Corporation for setting up diamond sorting factories to employ wounded ex-servicemen after the First World War. The family has been involved with De Beers over many decades. Lady Oppenheimer DD (1926-2022) was a distinguished moral and philosophical theologian, with a particular interest in the ethics pertaining to personal relationships.The impressed seal mark 'Boji Yuren' can be read as 'virtue extends to all, including fishermen'; four figures bearing the Boji Yuren seal mark, are illustrated by J.Ayers in Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain, pp.117-120, pls.68-71.Compare with a similar large blanc-de-Chine figure of Guanyin, Boji Yuren seal mark, late Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2016, lot 28.public_sentiment_keywords: Guanyinis_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item/51930687.jpgsold_price_type: £