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A LAPIS LAZULI SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA
18th century
13cm (5 1/8in) high.
十八世紀 青金石雕佛陀坐像

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London
R.H.R Palmer (1898-1970), acquired from the above in March 1935,
Collection no.118

Published and Exhibited:
The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society,
Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, London, 1975, no.496

來源：
倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
R.H.R Palmer（1898-1970）於1935年3月購自上者，典藏編號118

展覽著錄：
英國藝術委員會與倫敦東方陶瓷學會，《Chinese Jade Throughout
the Ages》，倫敦，1975年，編號496

Lapis lazuli was a prized material mostly imported from Afghanistan, Examples of lapis lazuli figures of Buddha are illustrated in Buddhist
and was used principally for carving vessels, figures in relatively small Art from Rehol, Tibetan Buddhist Images and Ritual Objects from
sizes and ‘boulder’ or grotto carvings, often carved with solitary the Qing Dynasty Summer Palace at Chengde, Taipei, 1999, no.81;
luohans. These rare Buddha figures were likely made for invocatory and by M.Knight, He Li and T.Tse Bartholomew, Chinese Jades, San
purposes, probably for smaller Imperial altars during the late 18th Francisco, 2007, no.327, dated to the 18th century. Another lapis lazuli
century and onwards. figure of Buddha, 18th century, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, acc.no.30.95.324.

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