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Lot Essay
Compare the figure of Buddha to a very similar figure which sold at Sotheby's New York, 16 &17 September 2014, lot 168.
Details
TWO DEHUA FIGURES
19TH-20TH CENTURY
The first is modelled as Buddha standing on a lotus base wearing long robes, a beaded necklace centred by a wan symbol on his chest, and holding a lotus flower in his raised left hand, with two impressed marks to the back, one reading Dehua within a double-gourd and a Boji Yuren seal mark. The second is modelled as Guanyin seated and holding a ruyi sceptre, with a Boji Yuren impressed seal mark to the back.
The larger 15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high
19TH-20TH CENTURY
The first is modelled as Buddha standing on a lotus base wearing long robes, a beaded necklace centred by a wan symbol on his chest, and holding a lotus flower in his raised left hand, with two impressed marks to the back, one reading Dehua within a double-gourd and a Boji Yuren seal mark. The second is modelled as Guanyin seated and holding a ruyi sceptre, with a Boji Yuren impressed seal mark to the back.
The larger 15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high
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