Live Auction 22642Important Chinese Art Including the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman
A RARE PAINTED CIZHOU FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Lot 928Various Properties

A RARE PAINTED CIZHOU FIGURE OF BUDDHA

JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

Closed22 March 2024

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A RARE PAINTED CIZHOU FIGURE OF BUDDHA
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Japanese private collection, acquired prior to World War II.

Specialist note

A similar painted Cizhou figure, but with the addition of green enamels, was excavated in 1972 from Fengfeng Mining District, Handan City, and is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramics Art Unearthed in China – 3 – Hebei, Beijing, 2008, no. 192, where it is dated to the Jin dynasty. For examples of other painted Cizhou Buddhist figures, see ibid. no. 192 and 194.