Porcelain with light blue green crackle glaze, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Guanyin, is seated on a lotus blossom flanked by two foo lions with candlestick holders with lotus blossom leaves; hole to underside.

14 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 10 1/2 x

From the Collection of the late Sterling Boyd, Raleigh, North Carolina
Sterling Boyd was a consummate collector and Southern gentleman. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied art history at Sewanee: The University of the South, Oberlin College, and received his doctorate from Princeton University. He shared his enthusiasm for the fine arts through positions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Boyd also taught and mentored future art historians at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and later headed the art department at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Following his academic and museum careers, Sterling Boyd channeled his talents for interior design and decoration. His Raleigh apartment was a cabinet of curiosities, each item carefully collected from his world travels and perfectly placed in his jewel box of a home.

Break with repair between one foo lion and the Bodhisattva; a break and repair to ribbon on arm of Bodhisattva; some loss to lotus blossom petals on one candlestick holder; some dirt to surface.