Asian Art II - 2nd July 2020
Lot 769
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 18TH/19TH CENTURY Depicted seated in dhyanasana with...
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £3000
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Description
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.