Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 7th December 2020
Lot 74
A CHINESE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF AMITABHA BUDDHA
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £15500
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Description
A CHINESE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF AMITABHA BUDDHA
QING DYNASTY
Carved seated in dhyanasana with his hands in dhyana mudra, his robes picked out in gilt and decorated with blossoms, the garments draped loosely over his shoulder revealing his bare chest, his sharply defined features framed by his large elongated earlobes, the stone with some white inclusions, 16.8cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, acquired no later than the 1960s.
Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.8, p.271, no.235 for a related jade figure of Buddha with gilt decoration to his face.