A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 18TH/19TH CENTURY Depicted seated in dhyanasana with...

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Depicted seated in dhyanasana with one hand resting upon his lap and the other held in shuni mudra, his bare chest centred by a fylfot, with a six character Wanli mark and a six character maker's mark to the reverse, all raised on an elaborate lotus base adorned with flowers and beads, 26cm.

Cf. P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.76A for a comparable figure also with a Wanli mark dated to the eighteenth century and pl.80 for another related piece dated 1750-1800.