The back of the figure is impressed with a He Chaochun mark within a double gourd.
5³⁄₄ in. (14.6 cm.) high

Thomas R. Vaughan (1908-1979) Collection, New York, and thence by descent within the family.

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He Chaochun was the younger brother of the celebrated Ming-dynasty Dehua potter, He Chaozong. There are only a handful of surviving examples of Dehua figures bearing He Chaochun’s seal marks. For a seated Guanyin also with He Chaochun mark, see, P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1967, pl. 151, no. c. A He Chaochun-marked seated Guanyin, shown holding a whisk, formerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 923.