Guanyin, anonymous, c. 1680 - c. 1720
This statuette is from the first phase of the European imitation of Chinese ceramics. Earthenware from the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province served as a model. Yixing is famed for its unglazed clay tea sets, from the 16th century to the present. This Guanyin holds a flywhisk, an attribute of immortals.