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Lot 298
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A 'DEHUA' FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • ceramics
depicted seated in dhyanasana on a foliate-incised double-lotus base, wearing a draped robe falling loosely over a belted dhoti, the hair in tight, pointed whorls over the domed ushnisha, the face with a serene, meditatve expression and downcast gaze, covered overall in a milky white glaze

Provenance

John Sparks, London.
Collection of P.J. Donnelly (d. 1978).

Catalogue Note

Compare a similar figure without a base in the Percival David Foundation, London, and illustrated in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 78B.