A Chinese Blanc-de-chine budaï. Kangxi

The naturalistic figure reclining, his left arm by his side holding a pearl in his hand, wearing long robes open at the front to reveal his stomach. With a hongmu stand.

COUNTRY : China
PERIOD : Kangxi (1662-1722)
MATIERIAL : Porcelain
SIZE : (15 cm, hight, without stand)
REFERENCE : C855
PROVENANCE : Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris, acquired in 1984, (Inventory number 22977).
STATUT : sold
Related works :

This figure was published / reproduced in « Orients-Occident, dix siècles de voyages céramiques – Trésors de collections privées européennes, Société Française d’Étude de la Céramique Orientale, Paris, 2006 fig.. 129, p. 67