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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF BUDAI
17th century
The monk modelled with stippled hair and seated with one leg across,
his right hand resting on his raised knee, the other resting on his
treasure sack, wearing long robes falling into heavy folds and opened
at the chest to reveal the large belly, the cheerful face with benign
expression flanked by long pendulous ears.
15.3cm (6 1/8in) wide
£7,000 - 9,000
CNY61,000 - 78,000
十七世紀 德化白瓷布袋佛坐像
Provenance: an Italian private collection
來源:意大利私人收藏
A native of Zhejiang province, Budai is regarded as an incarnation of
Maytreya, the Buddha of the Future, and an eccentric monk.
Compare with a similar blanc-de-chine Budai, 17th century, in the
Louvre Museum, Paris, illustrated in La Ceramique Chinoise, Paris,
1922, pl.40. Another figure of Budai, 17th century, is illustrated by
G.Lang in the Wrestling Boys, Burghley House Preservation Trust,
Peterborough, 1983, no.234, p.90.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.