Lot n° 23
Estimation :
80 - 120
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 130EUR
CHINA, CIRCA 1900 - Lot 23
CHINA, CIRCA 1900
Chinese white porcelain subject, representing the seated goddess Guanyin, holding the rosary in her left hand. A blooming flower adorns her pendant.
H. 18.5 cm
(Missing right hand, chip on the index finger of the left hand, at the edge of the terrace, crack on the back, chips on the cap and chips)
Provenance
Private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913).
Then by descent to the present owner.
Lot mentioned as "Kovan ya blanche" in the fourth line (p.3) of the inventory of objects entrusted by Monsieur Auguste Gérard, French ambassador to Tokyo, to M. Paul du Toict, Bould. du Régent 25 in Brussels in 1906.
An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot may be delivered to the buyer.
Note
Viscount Paul du Toict (1847-1909) was a member of the administrative committee of the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, which organized art exhibitions. He was also former president of the Belgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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