A CHINESE DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN Late Qing Dynasty / Early Republic Period 晚清或民國早期 德化窯觀音坐像 Finely modelled in lalitasana with long flowing robes that gently fall around her feet, open at the chest to reveal a jewelled necklace, her face carved with a serene expression and hair neatly arranged in braids and adorned with a cloud hairpin, her left arm supported on a curved armrest with single monster mask and clawed-leg support, a handscroll in her hand, the back impressed with a four-character boji yuren mark within a square, together with a box, 23.5cm high (2) - PROVENANCE: Property of a French Private Collection formed in Hong Kong during the 1960’s-1980’s