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ANOTHER PROPERTY
                                                                               ⱷ1104
                                                                               A RARE PAINTED CIZHOU FIGURE OF
                                                                               BUDDHA
                                                                               JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
                                                                               The Buddha is shown on a lotus base raised on a
                                                                               tall, waisted plinth, seated in dhyanasana with the
                                                                               right hand held in abhayamudra and the left hand
                                                                               in varadamudra, wearing loose robes decorated
                                                                               with floral patterns in brown and red on a cream
                                                                               slip under a clear glaze.
                                                                               16¿ in. (41 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

                                                                               $6,000-8,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Japanese private collection, acquired prior to
                                                                               World War II.
                                                                               A similar painted Cizhou figure, but with the
                                                                               addition of green enamels, was excavated in 1972
                                                                               from Fengfeng Mining District, Handan City, and
                                                                               is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramics
                                                                               Art Unearthed in China – 3 – Hebei, Beijing, 2008,
                                                                               no. 192, where it is dated to the Jin dynasty. For
                                                                               examples of other painted Cizhou Buddhist
                                                                               figures, see ibid. no. 192 and 194.
                                                                                                                                                                               1105 (two views)
                                                                               金 磁州窯彩繪佛坐像
                                                                               來源:
                                                                               日本私人珍藏, 二戰前入藏







                                                                               PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIMI ADLER                    PROPERTY FROM THE MCLENDON COLLECTION
                                                                               1105                                                          1106
                                                                               A MOLDED LONGQUAN CELADON 'FU                                 A LONGQUAN CELADON MODEL OF A
                                                                               SHOU' VASE                                                    SHRINE
                                                                               YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH                                 MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
                                                                               CENTURY                                                       The figure of Guanyin is left in the biscuit and
                                                                               The pearshaped vase is molded on either side with             shown seated on a cloth-draped ledge within
                                                                               a ruyi-shaped panel, one containing the character             a celadon-glazed grotto framed by leafy stems
                                                                               fu (fortune), the other character shou (long life),           that rise towards further intertwined stems and
                                                                               below the neck flanked by elephant-head handles               the moon above, while two acolytes are shown
                                                                               suspending fixed rings and the lotus blossom-form             standing below.
                                                                               mouth.
                                                                                                                                             9r in. (24.7 cm.) high
                                                                               8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
                                                                                                                                             $6,000-8,000
                                                                               $8,000-12,000
                                                                                                                                             PROVENANCE:
                                                                               PROVENANCE:                                                   E. & J. Frankel, New York, September 2000.
                                                                               Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

                                                                                                                                             .$-&/%0/珍藏
                                                                               MIMI ADLER珍藏
                                                                                                                                             明ǎ龍泉青釉觀音龕
                                                                               元/明初 十四世紀 龍泉青釉印花「福壽」瓶
                                                                                                                                             Ϝ源
                                                                               來源:                                                           &    +  'SBOLFM
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                                                                               Ralph M. Chait Galleries, 紐約




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