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A CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SEATED ׁ᪺ ಡ⏩ᢎ૔൷⊆㢰ຏ⻾⟖ᮘচӐ㐨༄
BUDAI AND STAND
SIGNED ZIXIU, EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY ϝᬝ
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The stone is carved as a seated Budai, holding a scroll in his left
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hand while his right hand rests on his right knee, leaning against a
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finely incised brocade pouch. The back of the figure is incised with
the signature Zixiu in seal script. The figure is attached to a carved ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
soapstone rocky base.
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3¿ in. (8 cm.) long, box
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HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000 எ‸ ⽚
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PROVENANCE
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H. M. Knight (1903-1971)
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1978 ⧲ᶴ⫫ᇌߴᝳǸຽ★ǹ❨ᝧ᪪ǯຽ★Ԡ⊂ჹ⯍իխὍ໸㋏卿ᝳ՞㊘ἃݯ
Patrick Huth Jackson ࣊ἃ᳖ߝ㫌ߴल།ᤨℱ∊Ꮅॶᆰǯࣻ⩠Ӭཉऱ჌Ǹຽ★ǹ᪪⎏೰ྒྷ⒢⧲
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2009, lot 17 ᶴ⇧℡۬卿㖊ᙻᝪᠨᛑࣿⴢ೥ᖝǶ"SUT GSPN UIF 4DIPMBS’T 4UVEJPǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿
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LITERATURE
Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1963-64, vol.
35, no. 428
Chinese Decorative Arts, Bluett and Sons Ltd., London, 1974, no. 130
Zixiu is a carver who has not been readily identified, but possibly an
alternative name for either Yang Yuxuan or Zhou Bin. Compare to a
slightly smaller soapstone figure of seated Luohan and mythical beast
of comparable style and also bearing the signature of Zixiu, illustrated
by G. Tsang and H. Moss in Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Hong Kong,
1986, pp. 160-161, no. 135.

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