A CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SEATED BUDAI AND STAND SIGNED ZIXIU, EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The stone is carved as a seated Budai, holding a scroll in his left hand while his right hand rests on his right knee, leaning against a finely incised brocade pouch. The back of the figure is incised with the signature Zixiu in seal script. The figure is attached to a carved soapstone rocky base. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long, box Provenance H. M. Knight (1903-1971) Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1978 Patrick Huth Jackson Sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2009, lot 17
A CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SEATED BUDAI AND STAND SIGNED ZIXIU, EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The stone is carved as a seated Budai, holding a scroll in his left hand while his right hand rests on his right knee, leaning against a finely incised brocade pouch. The back of the figure is incised with the signature Zixiu in seal script. The figure is attached to a carved soapstone rocky base. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long, box Provenance H. M. Knight (1903-1971) Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1978 Patrick Huth Jackson Sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2009, lot 17
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