A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Late Ming Dynasty
Seated in meditation, his legs crossed in padmasana, the hands resting in his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing loose robes draped over the shoulders and tied at the waist, the head lowered with serene expression, the hair fashioned in a mass of tight curls, set on a stylised double-lotus-lappet base.
26.3cm (10 3/8in) high.

Footnotes:

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明晚期 德化窰白釉佛像

Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, London
A Swiss private collection
Marchant, London

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: S. Marchant & Son, Blanc De Chine, London, 2006, no.14
Marchant, Blanc De Chine, London, 2014, no.16

來源：倫敦古董商S. Marchant & Son
瑞士私人舊藏
倫敦古董商Marchant

展覽著錄：S. Marchant & Son，《德化白瓷》，倫敦，2006年，編號14
Marchant，《德化白瓷》，倫敦，2014年，編號16

See a related example illustrated by R.L.Hobson, B.Rackham and W.King, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1931, fig.46. Compare also with a similar blanc-de-Chine figure of Buddha, 1625-1725, but without a lotus pedestal, illustrated by P.J.Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, p.151, pl.78B. See also another related blanc-de-Chine figure of Buddha, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, Beijing, 2016, p.150, no.49.

The head probably re-attached with restored hairline crack visible around the neck, approx 9cm long; some minor firing imperfections including glaze cracks, the largest turning into a hairline crack on the chest, approx 5cm long; the largest firing crack approx 4cm long on the base; a small firing crack around the left wrist approx 1cm long; general surface wear; minor nicks and chips to the extremities, the largest approx 3mm wide.