Bidspirit auction | Chinese Shiwan Polychrome Ceramic Figurine

Chinese Shiwan Polychrome Ceramic Figurine of a Seated Lady by Guo Lin - A polychrome ceramic figurine of a seated woman crafted in the Shiwan pottery tradition. The figure is depicted wearing a green Manchu-style robe embellished with raised relief red floral motifs and blue borders. She is seated upon a honey-glazed stool modeled to resemble bamboo. The woman holds a small cup in her left hand, and her right hand is raised to support a small green bird. The hair is styled in a long braid with applied floral ornaments. The figurine features a combination of glossy glazes and matte unglazed surfaces for the skin and hair. The underside of the stool contains an impressed four-character square seal mark in seal script. Adjacent to the seal is a dark-ground panel with three columns of hand-inscribed characters. The right column reads Xiao niao yi ren (小鸟依人), the middle column reads Lin nai fu (麟乃福), and the left column reads Xin mao chun Guo Lin pin (辛卯春郭麟品), identifying the piece as a product of the artist Guo Lin from the spring of a Xinmao year. Height: 8.5 inches.