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Buddhism flourished during the Qing dynasty, and was encouraged
by the devotion of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors. As
a result of its popularity, the production of Buddhist statuary, ritual
objects, vessels and other implements became widespread, and a
variety of materials were employed in their manufacture including jade.
While jade was amongst these materials, large jade figures of Buddhist
deities appear to be rare. Compare a similarly dressed white jade
seated Buddha from Stephen Junkunc III, sold at Christie’s New York,
26 March 2010, lot 1104 (fig. 1).
The current figure was in the collection of Madam Fu Mong Chin
(1834-1900), the daughter of the late-Qing scholar-official Fu Shoutong,
and mother of the eminent politician and entrepreneur Zhu Qiqian
(1871-1964). Madam Fu was a native of Guiyang, Guizhou Province and
an established poet. An anthology of her poems was published under
the title Zijinghua guan shi, ‘Poems from the Bauhinia Studio’. The
figure then entered the collection of Zhu Qiqian and was passed down
within the family.
ᝳ᳖Ӭջ卿דᘰ⯞⏇卿ֿℱㅳדᘰ଍⁒࣐Ӷഅ㇦卿ℱㅳד۬ᝤἃ⧎㇦ǯ
ᬘ㖅⹕ᄮ⯠⻦Ӭཉ㬷༏Ǯ㰍ᡟ⯝᫉㯸ַ⎏⎊ℱדஶ۬卿 ჺ ᝲ
ᚚᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卻ॲː卼ǯ
᫉ཉד۬ᴹ⯇ԋஇᘟᯎ།Ǯ༰᥉།Ǯऒᅤ❪ໝ།បਹ㟊卻 卼
Ԡᬓڶഉ∾卻 卼ഺ೥⯠⻦ǯڶഉ∾卿ໃ⃒᳖卿㏟႔㏟㪈Ⴊ՞ǯ
ᯇࢶᑪ༩ײڶ೰ᆪԠഺǯ੓㉼卿ⶬᝳǶ⡻ⳟⱤ㱦㉼Ƿǯד۬ᇌ⊐បਹ㟊
Ꮢ⻦卿ᇌᙻ།ᚉԋ᱁۔⯍իǯ

fig. 1 Sold at Christie’s New York, 26 March 2010, lot 1104
எӬ ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ ᐽ৅ ⽚

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