Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 12th February 2013
Lot 15
A rare salt-glazed stoneware figure of Buddhai Ho Shang c.1745
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £1200
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Description
A rare salt-glazed stoneware figure of Buddhai Ho Shang c.1745, seated in typical pose with his corpulent belly exposed, highlighted in blue and brown, 7.6cm.
Cf. The Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery 1650-1800, p.328, no.184 for an example left in the white.