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Okay so I stared working on getting pictures of the mud men and mud women. But this one has me total stumped. I have never seen one like it with the removable hands. Nor can I find anything on the internet. And I search under everything I could think of. Any ideas. All she can remember is she bought it years ago.

 

Oh and I forgot the size 8.25 in. and 6 in. across on her dress

 

Well, someone is stumped.

 

I can't help but think of Edward Scissorhands.

 

LOVE IT !!! ... Joy.

 

Yrs ago can mean 5, 10 , 15 etc.

I have not been able to find any reference to Kwan Yin being a scribe.

Personally, I think this is something from the 1980s or after.
I of course can be very wrong.

She's very pretty.

 

Couple of things I found when I googled, "Chinese figurine with removable hands"

A male figurine with removable hands for sale:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/cultural-ethnic/listing-1797092960.htm

And a blog entry:

http://litaxulingkelley.blogspot.co...ead-of-hand-Kwan-Yin-Statue-missing-hand.html

 

This one has 2 detachable hands. Is she twice as lucky?

 

Hi @DeAnne

She's pretty - I do know many blanc de chine figurines come with hands detached - for shipping, I suppose. I don't know if that's what's got you stumped?

 

Yes I saw those, but the thing is it's not porcelain. All of those are porcelain. And this is constructed just like a mudman with the head stem inside.


That's why it has me stumped no pun intended LOL

 

What I noticed about it (that's different from most mudmen) are the glazed face and hands. The bottom looks new.

 

Oh and I do know that the CHINA stamp like that was only used 1890 and 1919 on these type of figures so I am so confused UGH

 

Most of the ones with glazed faces are newer. The old ones they didn't glaze the face

 

Oh and when I say newer I mean still really old but not really really old LOL

 

I like them - they seem more provincial to me.

 

It's a puzzle that I am trying to figure out but definitely not newer. Because it does have the head stem inside and made of some type of clay or mud. UGh I wish I could get a picture but it's impossible I tried

 

This is different piece but this is what I am talking about with the head stem.

 

DeAnne, I love her. Can't tell you anything about the hands, but she is not Guanyin.
I think she is Ban Zhao, a Han dynasty scholar/philosopher and historian.
A romanticized picture of Ban Zhao with a scroll in her right hand (and fan in her left):