Lot Essay
A larger figure of this type in the Percival David Foundation is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 205
Details
A DEHUA FIGURE OF BUDDHA
DEHUA IMPRESSED GOURD MARK, INDISTINCT SQUARE SEAL, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Standing on an oval, double lotus base, wearing flowing robes opening at the chest to reveal a jeweled pectoral and holding a pearl in his left hand, the right hand held by his side in varamudra, his face with a benevolent expression (minor chips, minor firing cracks)
13in. (33cm.) high
DEHUA IMPRESSED GOURD MARK, INDISTINCT SQUARE SEAL, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Standing on an oval, double lotus base, wearing flowing robes opening at the chest to reveal a jeweled pectoral and holding a pearl in his left hand, the right hand held by his side in varamudra, his face with a benevolent expression (minor chips, minor firing cracks)
13in. (33cm.) high
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III