Live Auction 5556Christie's Interiors
A PAIR OF CHINESE BOTTLE VASES; AND A BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Lot 542

A PAIR OF CHINESE BOTTLE VASES; AND A BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANYIN

17TH CENTURY

Closed16 July 2014

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GBP 750

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A PAIR OF CHINESE BOTTLE VASES; AND A BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH CENTURY
The vases applied with kui dragons coiled around the necks, under deep blue and turquoise glazes; the sancai-glazed biscuit seated figure of Guanyin is modelled holding a bottle and a fly-whisk
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) and 8 in. (20 cm.) high

Vases: purchased in an auction in France 14 May 1975
Guanyin: purchased from Pechon Auctioneers, France, 6 November 1981.