Bodhisattva, porslin. Qingdynastin med Yongzhengs märke.
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Ståendes på en lotustron, krönt, hållandes en kopp i sin ena hand, den andra vänd nedåt. Kroppen och ansiktet med förgylld dekor, håret är bemålat blått, och faller delvis ner över axlarna, resten är uppsvept i en tight hårknut på huvudet. Håret är behängt med juveler, lika så utsmyckad runt halsen, samt bär armband. Lotustronen är dubbel och dekorerad i olika rosa nyanser. Den ihåliga basen är turkosglaserad. Höjd totalt med tygklätt underrede 66,5 cm.
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Proveniens
Property of a private Swedish Estate. From the private collection of Mrs Tåwe Jameson. Tåwe was a passionate collector who grew up in a home with parents who travelled Europe to buy art and antiques. Her interest was so great that she in soon decided to open an antique shop where she lived in Borås. Thence by descent.
Utställningar
There are known altar sets of buddhist emblems that also are decorated in these bright enamels. See for example a set sold at Sothebys, lot no 241, 244, 245, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 1990.
There are also several examples of seated figures of buddhas of this type in the Musee Guimee, Collection Ernest Grandidier.
There are also several known seated porcelain figures in the palace museum of Beijing.
Compare a gilt-lacquer figure of Bodhisattva of this sype, dated as Qing dynasty, Kangxi, sold at Sothebys, Important Chinese Art. 23 September 2020. New York. Lot no 618.
Övrig information
The adoration of brightly colored deities has a very long tradition in Tibetan Buddhism and the wide color range available in the famille-rose palette made porcelain an ideal medium to create such Buddhist figures. However, the making of such figures required the highest level of workmanship due to the complicated modeling and repeated firings necessary to achieve the perfect result. Hence the number of figures produced remained small and were mainly for the temples of the imperial palace precincts. The present figure was likely one of a set commissioned for an imperial birthday or celebration.
