Lot Essay
This figure is stamped with the square seal Boji Yuren ('virtue extends to all, even fisherman'), which was used by the potter Su Xuejin (1869-1919).
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19TH CENTURY
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A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of Buddha Sakyamuni
19th Century
The figure seated with his hands concealed and resting on his raised right knee, beneath long flowing robes open at the chest revealing his emaciated body, his face with an intense expression and detailed curled beard, moustache and eyebrows, the reverse impressed with four character seal mark Boji Yuren, minor frits
25 cm. high
19th Century
The figure seated with his hands concealed and resting on his raised right knee, beneath long flowing robes open at the chest revealing his emaciated body, his face with an intense expression and detailed curled beard, moustache and eyebrows, the reverse impressed with four character seal mark Boji Yuren, minor frits
25 cm. high
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