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7275 Property from the Meeker collection
A Dehua figure of a seated Buddha
19th/early 20th century 7277
Seated dhyanasana on a double lotus pedestal, a jewel resting in A rare anhua-decorated
his open hands, the solid figure draped in heavy robes exposing his white bowl
right arm and falling in soft folds down his back over the pedestal, his Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
downcast eyes framed by tight curls enclosing his ushnisha. Finely finished with a wide curving well raised on a tall, tapered foot,
7 in (17.8cm) high the exterior walls delicately incised with two dragons chasing a flaming
$1,200 - 1,500 pearl, the deeply recessed base displaying the mark in underglaze
blue regular script and all surfaces except the narrow foot pad covered
Property from Another Owner with the lustrous, celadon-tinged glaze.
6 1/4in (15.8cm) diameter
7276 $4,000 - 6,000
A small crackle-glazed tripod censer
18th century Provenance
Constructed with a pair of rectangular lug handles on the thick rim by repute, purchased in Tokyo in 1952
extending over a waisted neck and a compressed globular body
raised on three short feet, the remains of spur marks on the interior For a similar anhua-decorated bowl, Kangxi mark and period, see
and the flat base visible within the glaze layer of pale creamy-brown Chinese Antiquities from the Brian S. McElney Collection, 1987, no.
hue filled with a dense web of russet-stained craze lines, the glaze 96, p. 142 (as 8cm high, compared to 7.7cm height of this lot). A
covering all surfaces except the foot pads where the gray body is second bowl with similar decoration, underglaze blue Kangxi mark
revealed within the russet burn. and of the period, sold in Christie’s, New York, sale 1976, 19 March
5in (12.3cm) diameter 2008, lot 658 (as 6 1/4in, 16.9cm).
$8,000 - 12,000

Provenance
a Japanese private collection, the old paper label on the base
inscribed in Japanese Yamanaka Shokai

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