An important and very rare imperial white jade Buddhist figure of four-armed Sadaksari with original spinach jade stand Seal mark and period of Qianlong the stone of pale celadon-white tone, superbly carved with the deity seated in dhyanasana with primary hands in dharmacakramudra and the flanking hands holding a lotus and vajra by the shoulders, wearing a diaphanous dhoti tied at the waist with looping scarves that extend to the underside, adorned with a necklace and elaborate foliate tiara all inlaid with coral and turquoise studs, the spinach jade lotus base carved with the four-character seal Qianlong nian zhi within the fitted recess for the figure, with a further seal mark Wanfo Lou cang ('stored in the Wanfo Lou, Hall of Ten-thousand Buddhas') to the underside, both inscriptions filled in with cinnabar, the stone of even spinach-green tone flecked with tiny black and white inclusions (2) Quantity: 2 6 3/8 in., 16.3 cm
An important and very rare imperial white jade Buddhist figure of four-armed Sadaksari with original spinach jade stand Seal mark and period of Qianlong the stone of pale celadon-white tone, superbly carved with the deity seated in dhyanasana with primary hands in dharmacakramudra and the flanking hands holding a lotus and vajra by the shoulders, wearing a diaphanous dhoti tied at the waist with looping scarves that extend to the underside, adorned with a necklace and elaborate foliate tiara all inlaid with coral and turquoise studs, the spinach jade lotus base carved with the four-character seal Qianlong nian zhi within the fitted recess for the figure, with a further seal mark Wanfo Lou cang ('stored in the Wanfo Lou, Hall of Ten-thousand Buddhas') to the underside, both inscriptions filled in with cinnabar, the stone of even spinach-green tone flecked with tiny black and white inclusions (2) Quantity: 2 6 3/8 in., 16.3 cm
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