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Hi everybody, I will be listing this really nice Guanyin figure on eBay for auction tonight, for seven days, starting at £10, no reserve. Any comments welcome, in general or on how much it might fetch. It does have some damage. I bought it this morning at a local market.
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Peter
Peter
Hi, here is the link to the listing:
I have had hard time dating these Guanyin Statues... Can anybody confirm that this piece is really from 17th C. ?
Just looking to learn...
Thanks a lot
Maybe Peter can date it for us. I have just started dealing in Chinese porcelain, only a year ago, so I may be wrong.
I would lean more towards 19th than 17/18th.. purely based on the overall aesthetic. From my experience earlier pieces have a stylistic fluidity. This is quite rigid. Nice though
Infact, the more I look the more I think could be slightly earlier
18th. provincial kiln. Final answer! definitely genuine nice find.
Thank you so much for your input, much appreciated. Like I said, I only just started with Chinese last year, it is a bit of a minefield, but I am enjoying learning. I have learned a lot from watching Peter’s weekly videos on YouTube. Anyway, it is on eBay now, so will see if it does any good, shame about the damage though.
The texture of the glaze and feature make me think it's a later 19th C. example. Blanc De Chine makers maintained fairly high standards later than other kilns. The Kwan Yin with child or Acolyte(s) is a very ubiquitous form and was first done during the 17th C. onwards.
Here is a link to a collection sold a "Galster-Ireland Collection" couple years ago. Pay particular attention to the glazes, colour tones and details. Los of comparisons.
best, Peter
Peter
Hi Peter, Thank you so much for the link and your time. I may have been a bit hasty with dating the piece, I obviously still got a lot to learn. It does have a good hard paste to it, that’s why I thought it was quite early. This weekend I will do some research on these figures, so the information you have provided to me will be very useful. I took a great liking to these Guanyin/Kwan Yin figures, I would like to start collecting them. Anyway, I am in a little bit of a dilemma in what to do now; to take it off or leave it on, there is quite a few people watching it and I have two bids on it, I have to make a decision very soon. I am off to another market this morning to see if I can find some other bits and pieces. Thank you once again for your time.
Also bear in mind, later Blanc de Chine pieces can still bring very good money if the quality is there. as is evidenced by the results from the auction I linked.
Glad you found it useful
Peter
Peter
Hi Peter, thank you for your information, it was really helpful. I made a decision to take it off and relist it as a 19th century piece. Due to my lack of knowledge it is quite difficult for me to date things, but I am slowly getting there. I like to be as honest as I possibly can be when listing items on eBay. I did not want to deceive or disappoint the winning bidder. I have had two people contact me concerning the auction. I have now relisted it for ten days. There is a link below to the auction. To anybody else who was watching or bidding, I do apologise.
I actually bought two of these recently at a thrift store. Assumed they were new and still believe so but for under $5 each and each has a chip. I don’t mind hanging on to them for my own pleasure. I also purchased two nicely carved resin pieces also for $4.50 each BUT the lady in the thrift store said this is all that’s left from that estate. We sold it as fast as we brought it out of the back. Hmmmm. Timing is everything.haha
Tyra
You pulled it again?
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