A BÖTTGER RED STONEWARE SEATED PAGODA FIGURE
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A BÖTTGER RED STONEWARE SEATED PAGODA FIGURE

CIRCA 1715

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A BÖTTGER RED STONEWARE SEATED PAGODA FIGURE
CIRCA 1715
Seated with his right hand resting on his raised right knee, his left leg tucked beneath his right, his pierced mouth open in a laugh, his bald head with pierced ears, a loose garment incised with folds draped over his shoulders leaving his torso partly exposed (slight chipping to toes, minute chip to underside of footrim)
3¾ in. (9.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Augustus 'The Strong', King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, with Japanese Palace inventory no. 180 in black ink
Dresden Johanneum Sale, Lepke, Berlin, 7th October 1919, lot 50
Ole Olsens Collection.
Literature
Hermann Schmitz, Ole Olsens Kunstsammlungen (Munich, 1927), Vol. II, pl. XXIV, no. 1349.
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Lot Essay

(The interior attached with a paper label inscribed 2541 in ink, the stoneware body beneath label with 180 in ink).

The form of these seated figures was derived from Chinese originals where they represented Milefo, or Buddha Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, who is associated with wealth and fortune.

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