A RARE CIZHOU PAINTED FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

YUAN- EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

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A RARE CIZHOU PAINTED FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
YUAN- EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Avalokitesvara is modelled seated in rajalilasana on a waisted rectangular plinth decorated with moulded ruyi heads. The figure wears a jeweled necklace, a long scarf over the shoulders and a dhoti tied at the waist. The face is delicately detailed below a crown centred by a figure of Amitabha Buddha. It is painted in brown and russet tones on a cream slip under a clear glaze.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's New York, 20 September 2005, lot 223.
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection.

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Lot Essay

Compare to a Cizhou painted figure of a kneeling Buddhist attendant, dated to the Song-Jin dynasty, illustrated by A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, New Jersey, 1984, p. 75, no. 6.

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