Two Chinese white porcelain (blanc de Chine) figures of the divinity Guanyin seated on a rocky throne in maharajalila posture (the Buddhist pose of royal ease), the right leg raised and folded across the left knee, an infant sitting on her lap; to her left, on a rocky outcrop, the scroll of wisdom tied with a ribbon. Her hair is dressed in plaits forming a coil, and covered by a mantle falling to the shoulders; the voluminous long robes parted at the chest revealing a necklace with a lotus ornament, and an under-robe from which one foot protrudes below. The right arm emerging from the sleeve holds the boy, who is largely bare, but wears a belted sash round his stomach, and has on his head a tuft of hair; his right hand holding a brush and his left a silver ingot, emblems of learning and wealth. The rocks are gnarled in front, and the hollow model is closed by a flat, unglazed base with an air vent in the centre.

Very similar to RCIN 1095, but with different modelling of the rockwork base.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.