A SPINACH-GREEN JADE FIGURE OF SEATED BUDDHA

carved seated in abhayamudra and holding an alms bowl in its right hand, wearing a robe draped over one shoulder and bared open at the chest, the face with a serene expression and gentle smile, the tightly curled hair surmounted by an ushnisha, the base carved a double vajra enclosing an apocryphal Qianlong four-character mark, the stone of a deep spinach green color mottled with light green and dark inclusions, wood stand (2)

There is a polished chip to the third finger on the left hand. Overall the figure appears to be in good condition.
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An almost identical figure dated to the early 20th century, but in mirror image, from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated in Later Chinese Jades, Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, San Francisco, 2007, p. 291, no. 326.