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尺寸：Overall: 22.5 x 15.8 x 11.5 cm
年代：17世纪 明代晚期
质地：德化瓷(Porcelain with white glaze, Dehua ware)
风格：中原
来源：克利夫兰艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Figure of Guanyin with impressed He Chaozong mark
觀音菩薩坐像
early 1600s
He Chaozong 何朝宗 (Chinese, active early 1600s)

Guanyin, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion (Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit), perceives all beings in need of help, and reveals himself in many forms; it is the most revered enlightened being in East Asia. Here, Guanyin is depicted as a woman seated on a rock island, holding a scroll—the symbol of knowledge—in her left hand.

The flow of the figure’s garment and the fine details reveal an exceptionally well-sculpted porcelain figure. This figure bears on its back the rare seal of the sculptor He Chaozong, who ranks among the best 17th-century potters from Dehua in Fujian Province. Dehua porcelain figures were produced for both the domestic and export markets. In China, such a figure may have furnished a house altar or the desk of a scholar.

铭文:
The maker's mark, He Chaozong 何朝宗, is incised within a double gourd on the back.

传承:
?–1936
(Y. Tsuruki, Kyoto, 24 April 1936, sold to William Carey Crane)
1936–88
William Carey Crane [1891–1978] and Lois Whitin Crane [1896–1988] Collection
1988–2018
by descent within the Crane family collection
September 13–14, 2018
(Christie's, New York, 13-14 September 2018 sale, lot no. 1346)
2018–
The MCH Foundation

展览:
Like a Lotus Unstained by Mud. Hoam Museum of Art, Kyunggi-do, Korea (Republic of) (March 19-June 23, 2024) https://www.leeumhoam.org/hoam/exhibition/77.

Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 8-August 11, 2019).