A Chinese Dehua white-glazed figure of the Earth God, Tudi A Chinese Dehua white-glazed figure of the Earth God, Tudi A Chinese Dehua white-glazed figure of the Earth God, Tudi A Chinese Dehua white-glazed figure of the Earth God, Tudi A Chinese Dehua white-glazed figure of the Earth God, Tudi

A Chinese Dehua white-glazed figure of the Earth God, Tudi

Reference: ART1002737

The bearded Protector of Rural Places is modelled with a serious expression, wearing a scholar's cap above his wrinkled forehead. He wears long robes which are tied at the waist and he is seated on a simple chair.

Catalogue notes: This deity is often seen in association with Guanyin, particularly in rural shrines. Compare a very similar figure from the Richard Lehman Gray collection illustrated in John Ayers, 'Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain', New York, 2002, p. 97, catalogue no. 48. In the description, Ayers mentions two further similar figures: one in the Fujian Provincial Museum published in Fung Ping Shan Museum, 'Dehua Wares', hong Kong, 1990, no. 120, and in Burghley House, England illustrated in Gordon Lang, 'The Wrestling Boys: An Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics in the Collection at Burghley House, Stamford, 1983, no. 235.