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A DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF BUDDHA

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

The figure is well modelled standing on a lotus petal throne with
his left arm held at the waist holding a jewel and the other lowered
at his side, his face with a serene expression, tightly curled hair and
long pendulous ear-lobes, wearing long voluminous robes tied at
the waist. There is an impressed Huijiang shanren mark within a
square to the back.
16 ƒ in. (42 cm.) high

HK$300,000-400,000 US$39,000-52,000

Compare to a very similar Dehua standing Buddha also bearing the
Huijiang shanren mark, illustrated in the S. Marchant & Son, Blanc
De Chine, London, 2006, Catalogue, no. 4. Another Dehua standing
Buddha but without the inscription is illustrated in ibid, Catalogue, no.
8. The characters Hui Jiang Shanren may be translated as ‘the Hermit

Hui Jiang’.

㫦嬀烉勜㰇ⰙṢ

㭼庫ᶨẞ役Ụ䘬⽟⊾䘥䒟ἃ䩳⁷炻⎴会ˬ勜㰇ⰙṢ˭㫦炻庱
㕤Marchant & Son炻˪Blanc De Chine˫炻 ΐ㔎炻2006炻⚾抬
䶐嘇4ˤ⎎⎗㭼ᶨẞ忈⼊䚠役䘬䃉㫦⽟⊾䘥䒟ἃ䩳⁷炻庱㕤⇵
㎕㚠炻⚾抬䶐嘇8ˤ

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