Qing dynasty, 18th Century, the goddess of mercy depicted in robes wearing a beaded lotus necklace and standing above waves, one foot resting on her pitcher as it issues divine water, on a conforming wood base
h. 13-1/2 in.

Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT centenarian

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With repaired break through entire lower half of the figure occurring just under the bottom of the outer robe. The in-painting of this repair has yellowed. Lower tip of outer robe with repaired flake. Two small losses to waves. There is a firing crack (contained) at the inner edge of one wave, and a 1-inch hairline rising up from the base.