A RARE LARGE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A RARE LARGE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 18TH/19TH CENTURY Shown seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra , dressed in long, flowing robes left open at the chest to expose an elaborate jewelled necklace and a waist-tied dhoti , the serene face with downcast expression beneath a large, protruding urna set amidst the whorls of hair, the stone of even pale greenish-white color; seated on a separate painted and gilt-lacquer wood lotus base set with a gilt-copper mandorla finely incised with scrolling clouds emerging from rockwork and crashing waves and inset with a ruyi head rendered in rose quartz, all enclosed within a reticulated border of the bajixiang and a narrow border of flames inlaid with traces of kingfisher feather The figure 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
A RARE LARGE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A RARE LARGE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 18TH/19TH CENTURY Shown seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra , dressed in long, flowing robes left open at the chest to expose an elaborate jewelled necklace and a waist-tied dhoti , the serene face with downcast expression beneath a large, protruding urna set amidst the whorls of hair, the stone of even pale greenish-white color; seated on a separate painted and gilt-lacquer wood lotus base set with a gilt-copper mandorla finely incised with scrolling clouds emerging from rockwork and crashing waves and inset with a ruyi head rendered in rose quartz, all enclosed within a reticulated border of the bajixiang and a narrow border of flames inlaid with traces of kingfisher feather The figure 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
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