A WHITE BISCUIT MODEL OF BUDAI

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A WHITE BISCUIT MODEL OF BUDAI
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The seated mendicant monk is modelled with loosely fitting robes open at the front to reveal his portly figure, in his right hand he holds a bowl, a shoe rests on the hem of his robes next to his foot. The base bears the impressed four-character mark Jiang Minggao that may be translated "made by Mianggao".
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high excl. fitted wood stand

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The base of the figure has an old collection label "F.C.Williams London". Budai is a bodhisattva and the symbol of cheerfulnes and kindness. Related blanc de chine figures were made in Dehua and in Jingdezhen. A figure of Liu Hai dating to the late 17th century with a related four-character mark is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Inv.No. AK-NM 6589.