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A PALE GREENISH-
WHITE JADE SEATED
FIGURE OF BUDDHA

QING DYNASTY,
18TH CENTURY
The figure is carved seated in dhyanasana, with
the hands held in dhyanamudra, dressed in
long flowing robes and draped with intricate
beaded garlands. The hair is styled in tight curls,
The stone is of a pale greenish-white tone,
with a few minor creamy-russet and streaked
inclusions.
6æ in. (17.2 cm.) high
HK$500,000-800,000
US$65,000-100,000
PROVENANCE
Collection S. Bulgari, Rome (according to
label)
Acquired in London in the 1960s & 70s
The production of Buddhist statuary, ritual objects,
vessels and other implements became widespread
as Buddhism flourished during the Qing dynasty,
and was encouraged by the devotion of the
Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors and
their successors. Several examples of jade buddhas
produced around this period are known.
A smaller (13.6 cm.) white jade seated Buddha
dated to the mid-Qing dynasty, in the collection
of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Yang
Boda in Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages, Hong
Kong, 1997, no. 103. A larger (21 cm.) seated
white jade figure of Pindola, formerly in the Nott
Collection, is illustrated in Chinese Jades in the
Stanley Charles Nott Collection, West Palm Beach,
1942, pl. XII, where it is dated to the Jiaqing period.
A small jade Amitayus (7.7 cm. high), is illustrated in
Monarchy and Its Buddhist Way, Tibetan-Buddhist
Ritual Implements in the National Palace Museum,
National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1999, no. 29;
this figure was designed specifically for placement
within a turquoise inlaid stupa which accounts for
its smaller size. A celadon jade figure of Sakyamuni,
holding a small stupa is illustrated in Treasures from
Snow Mountains, Gems of Tibetan Cultural Relics,
Shanghai Museum, 2001, no. 37. A large white jade
Buddha from the collection of Stephen Junkunc, III
was sold at Christie's New York, 26 March 2010,
lot 1104.

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