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9/2/2020 Important Chinese Art | Sotheby's
Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 507
A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON- GLAZED FIGUR E OF BUD AI, YUAN / MING DYNASTY
Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 USD
A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED FIGURE OF BUDAI
YUAN / MING DYNASTY
元 / 明 龍泉窰青釉布袋和尚坐像
the deity modeled in a reclining pose, leaning against a brimming cloth sack, wearing voluminous robes loosely tied below the
waist and falling open revealing a bare chest and ample belly, covered overall in a grayish-green glaze save for the jovial face, torso,
hands and feet reserved in the reddish-brown biscuit
Height 6½ in., 16 cm
Catalogue Note
Compare a very similar figure sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th November 2018, lot 605 and another related figure sold in these
rooms, 14th September 2019, lot 1764.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 9/435
