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Blanc de Chine porcelain. China, late Qing, 19th cent.
Guanyin is the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, however, some belief considers her to be the same entity as an ancient mother-goddess. This porcelain sculpture particularly shows her as such – with a boy on the lap and two larger boys standing in front. Guanyin is seated in lilasana on a throne flanked by two pedestals, one holding the book and scroll attribute. A scaled, hissing and reclining dragon in front of the Guanyin. One boy standing in adoration, the other with a bowl in his hands. The bodhisattva wears a tall chignon on top of her head, partly covered by the veil continuing down the back of her neck. 德化送子觀音菩薩像. 中國, 清代晚期, 19 世紀. 高 22 厘米.
HEIGHT 22 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona
The renowned collector of Chinese porcelain Jürgen L. Fischer lived in Ascona, located in the Swiss Canton Tessin at Lago Maggiore. The extensive size of the collection is largely owed to the family’s fortune, secured by pharmacist August Fischer and his revolutionary invention – the world’s first adhesive made from synthetic resin, the famous “Uhu Alleskleber”, developed in 1932. Jürgen L. Fischer lived until 2013 and was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain whose astonishing taste encompassed a broad spectrum of types, of all sizes and with origins spanning across millennia. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous text books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.