Details
STATUE DE DAMO EN PORCELAINE DEHUA
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
The finely modelled figure is shown seated wearing a voluminous monastic robe that falls in graceful folds around the body, with his clasped hands hidden within the long sleeves. The face is realistically carved with downcast eyes and a contemplative expression, enhanced by the curly eyebrows, moustache and goatee beard. A double-gourd-shaped seal, He Chaozong, is impressed on the back.
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
From the collection of Madame Hervé de Meester de Betzenbroeck, Brussels, and thence by descent within the family.
Literature
Jacques Van Goidsenhoven, Héros et divinités de la Chine, Tijdstroom Lochem, 1971, the Netherlands.
Further details
A DEHUA SEATED FIGURE OF DAMO
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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