
Lazarus Halstead
Head of Chinese and Asian Art, London
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十七/十八世紀 德化窰布袋和尚坐像 三件
Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent
來源:瑞士私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今
A native of Zhejiang Province, Budai (his name refers to his large sack which in Chinese is called budai 布袋) is regarded as an incarnation of Maytreya, the Buddha of the Future. See a related blanc-de-Chine figure of Budai, Qing dynasty, illustrated in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, Beijing, 2016, no.55.
See a related blanc-de-Chine figure of Budai, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 207.