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Extremely Rare Chinese Blanc De Chine Figure of the Madonna and Child, Kangxi (1662-1722)

W650 ExtremelA RARE CHINESE DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIODy rare Mo
W650 ExtremelA RARE CHINESE DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIODy rare Mo
W650 Extremely rare Chinese Blanc de Chine Figure of the Madonna and Child, Kangxi (1662-1722)
W650 Extremely rare Chinese Blanc de Chine Figure of the Madonna and Child, Kangxi (1662-1722)
W650 ExtremelA RARE CHINESE DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIODy rare Mo
W650 ExtremelA RARE CHINESE DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIODy rare Mo
W650 ExtremelA RARE CHINESE DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIODy rare Mo
Ref: W650
Archive item - not for sale

An extremely rare Chinese blanc de chine figure of the Madonna and child, Kangxi (1662-1722) 清 康熙 德化聖母與聖子像, modelled standing barefoot holding the Christ child in her left arm, a rosary in his right hand, all upon a grimacing lion-dog base


Dimensions:

Height: 38cm. (15in.)


Condition:

Some repair


Notes:

Provenance: The Mujintang collection, Taipei (222). A similar figure is in the British Museum (1980,0728.91), previously in the P. J. Donnelly collection, illustrated and discussed in P.J.Donnelly, Blanc De Chine (London, 1969, plate 122A, pp. 195-96). Another similar example was in the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated and discussed by D. Howard & J. Ayers, China for the West (vol. I, London, 1978, cat no. 50, p. 91). Another version of this figure is known, with the Christ child in the opposite arm; see Marchant, 'Blanc de Chine' ed. John Ayers, London, 2006, plate 44., p.70, where the author states that ‘several variations of this model of a Christian subject are known. All were probably made to the order of Catholic missionaries brought to the East by the Portuguese or Spanish and perhaps copy carvings produced in Christian settlements in India or the Philippines. ‘Sancta Marias’ are named in the list of cargo loaded by the English East Indiaman, Dashwood at Amoy in 1701 and sold at auction in London in 1703 as recorded by Geoffrey Godden in Oriental Export Market Porcelain, p.266 who illustrates the other version from the P.J. Donnelly collection.’

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