Kuan-yin figure in Tehua or blanc-de-chine porcelain Elegantly erect posture with fine detail in features, hand, foot, and robes.  The impressed seal, faint but discernible, on back is of Ch'en-wei, who is discussed in P.J. Donnelly's Blanc de Chine:  The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien on p. 284, with the seal illustrated on p. 559.
	Kang-Hsi period, ca. 1690 Very thin crack or fracture line on neck, possibly a repair, glaze crack on chest, and glaze discoloration on one bead. Height 8", width at base 6", with furniture-quality Chinese storage box and brocade stand.

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