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A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 清十八世紀 白玉袖珍佛像
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 袖珍玉佛非常少見，國立故宮博物院藏一件十八世紀鎏金
銅佛龕，內供一尊白玉無量壽佛，尺寸與本佛相若，1999年
The figure is finely carved seated in padmasana position with 於國立故宮博物院《皇權與佛法：藏傳佛教法器特展》中展
hands held in the gesture of dhyana mudra. The drapery of the 出，圖錄圖版29號。
robes are well rendered falling in naturalistic folds and the
face bearnig a prominent usnisa, with a serene and benevolent
expression.
2 ¡ in. (6 cm.) high
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000
It is rare to find jade figures of Buddha of such small size. One closely
related example is a white jade figure of Amitayus of comparable size
with gilt and turquoise embellishments, placed within a gilt Tibetan-
style stupa dating to the 18th century, in the Qing Court Collection and
now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, exhibited in Monarchy and
Its Buddhist Way: Tibetan-Buddhist Ritual Implements in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 1999, pl. 29. The present jade figure was,
therefore, possibly originally made for the placement within a Buddhist
stupa as part of an altar set.
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