A RARE PAINTED CIZHOU FIGURE OF BUDDHA

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.