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Lot Essay
Compare the present lot to a famille rose figure of Budai, decorated in a similar style and also modelled seated on a rocky throne, dated to the Qianlong period (1736-1795), sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October, 1991. Also see a comparable famille rose figure of a bearded scholar included in the exhibition Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection held in November 1973-February 1974 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, illustrated in the Catalogue, Hong Kong, 1973, pl. 119.
Compare also to three Qianlong-period famille rose figures of Buddha, one from the Helene Terrien Collection and sold at Christies Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 924; one at Christies Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3465; and one from the J.M. Hu Collection, sold at Sothebys New York, 4 June 1985, lot 70.
A very similar pair of luohan sold in Christies Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3020.
Compare also to three Qianlong-period famille rose figures of Buddha, one from the Helene Terrien Collection and sold at Christies Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 924; one at Christies Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3465; and one from the J.M. Hu Collection, sold at Sothebys New York, 4 June 1985, lot 70.
A very similar pair of luohan sold in Christies Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3020.