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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND LARGE
GILT-LACQUER BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI
DATED JIAJING 4TH YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1525
portrayed seated in maharajalilasana on a double-lotus base,
the right hand holding prayer beads, the left hand grasping the
top of an open treasure sack revealing a string of coins and
other precious objects within, wearing a loose robe opening
to reveal the shoulders and full belly, the face detailed with a
joyful expression, an inscription to the back of the base reading
Jiajing sinian yue bairi Neiguanjian xinguan Liang Ji zao
(made by o cial Liang Ji from the Neigongjian, hundred day,
month, 4th year of Jiajing), wood stand (2)
Height 26¾ in., 68.1 cm
$ 250,000-350,000
1525
所㔯烉▱曾⚃⸜ˎˎ㚰ˎ䘦㖍ℏ⭀䚋ᾉ⭀㠩㾇忈
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