Guanyin (Meissen Red Stoneware after Dehua), Red stoneware with gilding, c. 1710–13 (Meissen imitation), H. 37.5 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974.356.319, Blanc de Chine
Front view, full figure
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Guanyin (Meissen Red Stoneware after Dehua)

梅森仿德化观音像（红色炻器）
c. 1710–13 (Meissen imitation)
1974.356.319VerifiedThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Object Details
Medium
Red stoneware with gilding
Dimensions
H. 37.5 cm × W. 10.2 cm × D. 10.5 cm
Date
c. 1710–13 (Meissen imitation)
Classification
佛教造像
Dynasty
欧洲仿制, 18世纪早期
Technique
模印（据萨克森皇家收藏德化原作翻模）
Glaze
鎏金装饰（红色炻器，抛光表面）
Accession
1974.356.319
Repository
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
大都会艺术博物馆
Research Context

Among the earliest products of the Meissen factory. Per the Met, this figure derives directly from a Chinese white-porcelain Guanyin in the Saxon royal collections, likely cast using plaster molds from the original. The polished red stoneware retains traces of gilding on robe edges, rosette, and base. Currently on view in Gallery 533. Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973.

Linked Research Dimensions
04European Imitation Chain02He Chaozong Corpus
Provenance
1710–1713
Produced at Meissen Manufactory (Böttger period)
梅森工厂制作（Böttger时期）
?–1973
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection
Lesley and Emma Sheafer收藏
1973
Bequeathed to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Emma A. Sheafer
Emma A. Sheafer遗赠大都会艺术博物馆
梅森Böttger红色炻器仿制欧洲仿制链

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