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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION PROVENANCE
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ‘BUDDHA Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th October 2000, lot 699.
IN A GROTTO’ GROUP
LATE QING DYNASTY ‡ £ 20,000-30,000
HK$ 196,000-293,000 US$ 25,000-37,500
boldly carved depicting buddha seated 晚清 碧玉坐佛山子
in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus
base within a recessed grotto framed by 來源
overhanging craggy rocks, his hands held in
dhyana mudra, dressed in a long flowing robe 香港佳士得2000年10月30日，編號699
falling in loose folds over his arms and legs,
the reverse carved with jagged rockwork and
a small pine tree, the stone a dark spinach-
green tone
Height 22.6 cm, 8⅞ in.
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