Guanyin riding a mythical qilin

Dehua workshops, Fujian province, China, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)

A figurine of the goddess Guanyin (the goddess of compassion and mercy) with a ruyi sceptre (the sceptre of “all wishes”) riding on a mythical qilin creature. Executed in white glazed porcelain (blanc de Chine).

H: 22 cm

O 133

Purchased from H. Sänger of Hamburg in 1913.