White glazed Guanyin statue of Dehua kiln

[White glazed Guanyin statue of Dehua kiln]

White glazed Guanyin statue of Dehua kiln, Ming Dynasty, 46.5 cm high, 14 cm wide
This image is a product of Fujian Dehua kiln. The embryo is thick, firm, fine and white, the glaze is bright and moist, and the white is shiny yellow and milky white. Avalokitesvara has a high bun on her head, and is decorated with flower bands. Her appearance is gentle and elegant, her eyes are down, her nose is straight and her mouth is small, and she smiles slightly. She looks solemn and kind. Wearing a high-waisted long skirt, a hooded cloak, a hood covering the head, the pleats are smooth and fluttering with the wind. Wearing beaded jewelry on the chest, hands in front of the abdomen, standing barefoot, the sea water splashing waves rolling over the feet. Avalokitesvara was calm and floating on the sea. There is a four-character stamp of “He Chaozong Seal” in the square seal script on the back. Dehua kiln is located in Dehua, Fujian Province, and white porcelain was produced in the Song Dynasty. The white porcelain body of Dehua kiln in the Ming Dynasty is dense and has excellent light transmittance. Because the iron oxide content in the body glaze is low and the potassium oxide content is high, the neutral atmosphere is used when firing, so the glaze color is bright and bright, and the appearance is as white as coagulating fat, so it is called “lard white” and “ivory white”. Among them, the white porcelain Buddha is even more famous. Song Yingxing’s “Heavenly Creatures” said that Dehua Kiln is good at firing exquisite characters and toys of porcelain immortals. It is said that the white porcelain of Dehua kiln is the best made by He Chaozong, a porcelain worker in the Wanli period of Jiajing. He is especially good at sculpting the statue of Avalokitesvara, which is said to be “calm, kind and dignified”, and is deeply loved by people.