A FINE AND RARE ROBIN'S-EGG-GLAZED PORCELAIN MODEL OF AMITAYUS

Estimated Value:

2.500 € - 3.500 €

Schätzpreis:

17.000 €

Description:

China,Qianlong-/ Jiaqing period
H. 46 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a cloth draped over a rocky pedestal rising from the wavy waters moulded with a dragon, both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra supporting the alms-bowl, wearing monastic garment including underskirt tied around the waist, wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders, falling down in pleats around his knee, elaborate necklace, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes, his hairdo combed in a chignon with some tresses falling down his shoulders, topped with a ratna and secured with a five-leaf tiara.
Old German private collection, acquired in the 1970s and 80s
Large porcelain figures of this type are very popular. For a similar example from the Malcolm MacDonald collection (DUROM.1969.358), now in the Oriental Museum, University of Durham, United Kingdom, see Ireneus Legeza, A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm MacDonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1972, p.122, no.72. Another enamelled porcelain figure of a bodhisattva in this posture is illustrated by Lou Pin-heng, Precious Treasures of My Humble House, Taipei, 1988, pg. 54, no. 12. See also a figure sold Christie's New York, 20.3.2001, lot 276. Compare a similar glazed porcelain model of a kneeling bodhisattva sold at Bonhams, Hongkong, 29.8.2008, lot 578
Minor restoration to crown, hair finial and small restored flakes to throne, minor wear

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