A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Depicted seated with his legs crossed in dhyanasana, with one hand resting upon his lap and the other held in shuni mudra, dressed in flowing robes draped over one shoulder and tied at the waist, his upper body and right arm adorned with elaborate strings of beads, the necklace centred by a large fylfot, all raised on a double lotus base decorated with raised bosses and blossoms, with an impressed four character mark to the reverse reading Bo ji yu ren, 33cm.

Cf. P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.76A for a related figure; see also Sotheby's New York, 11th-12th September 2012, lot 89 and Christie's New York, 20th-21st March 2014, lot 2162 for two further comparable figures.