A CHINESE DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN Late Qing Dynasty / Early Republic Period Finely modelled in lalitasana with long flowing robes that gently fall around her feet, open at the chest to reveal a jewelled necklace, her face carved with a serene expression and hair neatly arranged in braids and adorned with a cloud hairpin, her left arm supported on a curved armrest with single monster mask and clawed-leg support, a handscroll in her hand, the back impressed with a four-character boji yuren mark within a square, together with a box, 23.5cm high (2) 晚清/民國早期 德化窯觀音坐像 THIS LOT IS OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Note: The mark bo ji yuren reads ` `virtue extends to all, even fishermen`, which has been attributed as a mark used by the potter Su Xuejin (1869-1919), active during the late Qing and early Republic periods. Several more figures by this artist, each bearing the boji yuren seal mark, have been illustrated by John Ayers in `Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain`, nos. 68-71, pp.117-120. A similar figure, modelled with a tiara rather than a hood, with boji yuren mark, was sold at Christie`s New York, 19th March 2009, lot 739.