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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A RARE DEHUA FIGURE OF BUDDHA
LATE MING-TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640-1660
The heavily potted fgure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base and wears a robe that is
partially draped over the shoulders and upper arms framing the broad, bare chest above the dhoti that is
gathered above the waist before fanning out over the legs. The face has a calm, peaceful expression and
a small urna below the hair that is dressed in tight curls that surround the ushnisha. The fgure is covered
with a glaze of creamy, ivory color.
10æ in. (27.3 cm.) high

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE
Private collection, South America.
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
EXHIBITED
New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, 17th and 18th Century Chinese Porcelains from
Distinguished Private Collections, 12 - 28 October 2000.
New York, China Institute, Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, 19 September - 7 December 2002.

LITERATURE
The Chinese Porcelain Company, 17th and 18th Century Chinese Porcelains from Distinguished
Private Collections, New York, 2000, pp. 14-15, no. 3.
The Chinese Porcelain Company, A Dealer’s Record 1985-2000, New York, p. 92.
J. Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p. 81, no. 32.
This rare fgure belongs to a group of Dehua fgures of Buddha that have been dated to the last years
of the Ming dynasty, circa 1640. The fgures share similar characteristics including a small head, a fat
expanse of bare chest, unusually broad in the present fgure, and the depiction of the lotus petals on the
base. These features can be seen in a similar Dehua fgure of Buddha, dated circa 1640, illustrated in
the exhibition catalogue, Blanc de Chine, S. Marchant & Son, London, June 1994, no. 4. The fgure is also
shown in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, and the dhoti is gathered and tucked in a fashion almost
identical to that of the present fgure.
晚明約1640-1660年 德化白釉佛像

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