BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF WENCHANG QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 何朝宗款 德化白瓷文昌帝君座像 the God of Literature modelled seated on a rock wearing a scholar's cap and the face with indentations for a moustache and beard, his right hand hidden within the long-sleeved robe and the left hand holding a scroll, his back impressed with a three-character 'He Chao Zong' mark in a double-gourd cartouche (23cm high) Qty: (1) Note: Compare similar blanc-de-Chine figures of Wenchang, illustrated by P.J.Donnelly, Blanc De Chine: The Porcelain of Têhua in Fukien, New York, 1967, pls.96 A and B (Wenchang with Guixing); R.Kerr and J.Ayers, Blanc De Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, pl.28 (Wenchang and Zhuyi); a much larger example dated to the Ming dynasty, 17th century was sold at Christie's New York, 17 Sep 2010, lot 1389; a further comparable example of Wenchang accompanied by a small smiling acolyte, dated to 17th/18th century, was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2012, lot 2