A Chinese Dehua 'Songzi Guanyin' figure group, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
清康熙 德化白瓷送子觀音坐像

The Goddess of Mercy modelled in a relaxed seated pose atop a rocky perch, a small boy sat atop her lap clutching a lotus pod, below her a snarling dragon contorts whilst being flanked by two child attendants, covered overall in a milky-white glaze

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Dimensions: 22cm high

Acquired from the descendants of D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Faial and Palmela, Portugal;

Santos Collection

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自葡萄牙法雅爾及帕爾梅拉公爵第一代佩德羅·德·蘇薩·霍爾斯坦後裔處獲得；

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Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Faial and Palmela (1781-1850) was one of the most important Portuguese diplomats and statesmen in the first half of the 19th century. He also served as the country's first official Prime Minister (Presidente do Conselho de Ministros de Portugal, "President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal"), the office in essence having already existed. He was born in Turin, a scion of the Portuguese de Sousa family, Lords of Calhariz. The 'Holstein' element of his family name came from his paternal grandmother Princess Maria Anna Leopoldine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, daughter of Frederick William I, Duque of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. His uncle Frederico Guilherme de Sousa had been governor of Portuguese India. He earned notoriety at an early age by telling Napoleon to his face at the conference in Bayonne in 1808 that the Portuguese would not 'consent to become Spaniards' as the French Emperor wanted.

A related figure of Songzi Guanyin was offered at Sotheby's New York, 13 Sep 2016, lot 297. See another comparable figure group offered at Bonhams San Francisco, 23 June 2015, lot 7260 [link]

D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein是第一任法亞爾和保梅拉公爵（1781-1850），也是19世紀上半葉最重要的葡萄牙外交官和發言人之一。儘管當時已有相似的職位存在，他仍稱得上是首任國家首相（Presidente do Concelho de Ministros de Portugal， “葡萄牙部長理事會主席” ）。

他出生在都靈，其家族是Calhariz勛爵，Portuguese de Sousa大家族的一個分支。他的姓中“Holstein”一詞來自他的祖母，Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck的Maria Anna公主，公主的父親是Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck勛爵，Frederick William 一世。

他的叔叔Frederico Guilherme de Sousa曾是葡屬印度的總督。

D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein曾在1808年貝永的一場會議中直面拿破崙，表示葡萄牙人絕不會遵循法國國王的意願而成為西班牙人。正因為這次的衝突，讓年紀輕輕的他獲得了爵位。

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