Blanc de chine porcelain. China, Dehua, Qing to Republic (19th cent. – 1st third of 20th cent.)
The Queen Mother of the West He Xiangu, whose signature attribute is the lotus stem reaching over her shoulder, seated in elegant feminine pose on a spotted stag with flaming antlers. Her name literally means “immortal woman He”. She is one of the eight immortals in Daosim, the Baxian. The stag lu rests on a rock-themed base on top of a dark-wood plinth.
HEIGHT (WITH PLINTH) 15 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
Jürgen L. Fischer was one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber ” in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.