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Figure of Guanyin
pair of female incense holder sculptures
Wild boar head terrine
Travel set decorated with chinoiserie
Large plate with the Obando coat of arms
Anthropomorphic teapot decorated with chinoiserie
White cup with saucer decorated with chinoiserie
Harlequin plays with a bird and a cat
Tea and coffee service decorated with views of Dresden and Saxony
Trembleuse cup with saucer decorated in chinoiserie with embossed gold
The sale of the dark slave
Teapot with a scaled surface decorated with leafy spirals
Oriental woman
Oriental man with high turban
Diana the Huntress
Young woman with small dog
Immaculate
Group of dwarves
Series of six cups with saucers decorated with Roman subjects
Pair of decorative vases decorated with neoclassical subjects
Broth cup with saucer decorated "a pergola"
Large oval plate decorated with a basket of flowers
Round plate decorated with a wig singer
Large plate decorated "in the use of porcelain" Rosa Family with the Olivera coat of arms
Round plate with central motif in Kakiemon style
Watch holder with yellow dress
Tureen with presentation decorated with the Imari motif, known as "ostrich"
Container in the shape of a partridge
Small plate decorated with the allegory of Astrology
Broth cup with plate decorated with Greek and floral festoons
Two potiche jars with lids
Tray decorated in "trompe-l'oeil" with a Chinese scene
Large plate decorated with figures and architectures
Pourer and basin decorated with bouquets of naturalistic flowers
Man undressing
Neither the beginning nor the end but only eternity
Horse drinking
Blank proliferation
Formal
Coffeebreak
Silent presences
Chocolate cups
Contemporary whim
the plot of the poet
Happening
Figure of Guanyin
pair of female incense holder sculptures
Wild boar head terrine
Travel set decorated with chinoiserie
Large plate with the Obando coat of arms
Anthropomorphic teapot decorated with chinoiserie
White cup with saucer decorated with chinoiserie
Harlequin plays with a bird and a cat
Tea and coffee service decorated with views of Dresden and Saxony
Trembleuse cup with saucer decorated in chinoiserie with embossed gold
The sale of the dark slave
Teapot with a scaled surface decorated with leafy spirals
Oriental woman
Oriental man with high turban
Diana the Huntress
Young woman with small dog
Immaculate
Group of dwarves
Series of six cups with saucers decorated with Roman subjects
Pair of decorative vases decorated with neoclassical subjects
Broth cup with saucer decorated "a pergola"
Large oval plate decorated with a basket of flowers
Round plate decorated with a wig singer
Large plate decorated "in the use of porcelain" Rosa Family with the Olivera coat of arms
Round plate with central motif in Kakiemon style
Watch holder with yellow dress
Tureen with presentation decorated with the Imari motif, known as "ostrich"
Container in the shape of a partridge
Small plate decorated with the allegory of Astrology
Broth cup with plate decorated with Greek and floral festoons
Two potiche jars with lids
Tray decorated in "trompe-l'oeil" with a Chinese scene
Large plate decorated with figures and architectures
Pourer and basin decorated with bouquets of naturalistic flowers
Man undressing
Neither the beginning nor the end but only eternity
Horse drinking
Blank proliferation
Formal
Coffeebreak
Silent presences
Chocolate cups
Contemporary whim
the plot of the poet
Happening

Figure of Guanyin

Anonymous

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G. Gianetti Ceramics Museum

G. Gianetti Ceramics Museum

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In Europe from the end of the nineteenth century the fashion of Japonism had exploded, enchanted by the discovery of Japanese art that awakened new interests for the whole of the East. In no Milanese, Genoese or Venetian upper bourgeois living room was there a lack of Chinese or Japanese ceramics. The Guanyin is a fine example of that small white porcelain sculpture produced between the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in the Dehua region of China and which in Europe, where it met with extraordinary success, was called Blanc de Chine. It depicts the divine figure of Buddhist origin sitting in the sacred position of the mudra: the royal rest.
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Title: Figure of Guanyin

Author: Anonymous

Date: 1662 - 1722

Technique: Porcelain

Displayed in: G. Gianetti Ceramics Museum

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