A 'blance-de-chine' figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty 18th/19th century, standing barefoot on a cloud scroll base, wearing long flowing robes revealing a beaded ruyi pendant, her hands emerging from the voluminous sleeves, the right holding the scroll of wisdom, her face serene and her hair drawn into ahigh, chignon held with a ruyi pin and draped with a cloth at the back 37 cm. Provenance: Mr John Weller the Connosseur's Collecction, Sotheby's Australia, 27 May 2008, lot 47. private Collection, Melbourne. Literature: Compare with a figure of Guanyin sold Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2007, lot 785; and a larger figure sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2006, lot 1028