A BLANC-DE-CHINE SEATED BUDDHA QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

crisply modelled seated in vajrapryankasana on a lotus base, depicted wearing loose robes draped over the shoulders with hands held in dhyanamudra, his face with fine features set in meditative expression, finely detailed with downcast eyes, framed by pendulous earlobes and tight curly hairs covering the domed usnisa

Collection of Aristide Boucicaut (1810-77), Paris.

It is in overall good condition, except for some small flakes or bruises to the extremities - including a shallow chip of approx. 0.5 cm to the left thumb - some of which have been slightly polished or retouched. There are also a few typical firing cracks, especially two vertical ones mainly to the interior.
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Compare a larger figure of a seated Buddha, similarly depicted wearing loose robes draped over the shoulders and with hands in dhyanamudra, included in the exhibition Blanc de Chine. Divine Images in Porcelain, China Institute Gallery, New York, 2002, cat. no. 32; one included in the exhibition Blanc de Chine, Marchant & Son, London, 1994, cat. no. 4; another, from the collection of Florence J. Gould, sold in our Monaco rooms, 27th June 1987, lot 1324; and a fourth figure, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 17th January 1989, lot 851.