A RARE CREAM-GLAZED TONGQI WARE FIGURE OF STANDING GUANYIN China, late Ming or Qing dynasty H. 50,8 cm From an old German private collection, acquired by Prof. Anton Antweiler on October 24, 1972 Compare a related example sold at Christie's London, 10.12.1990, lot 147 and a Wanli (dated 1615) example from the Alice Boney Collection, sold at Christie's N.Y., 4 .6.1992, lot 255. A Tongqi ware seated Guanyin figure is illustrated by d'Argence in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brudage Collection, no. 175 Left hand and thumb with minor repair