A large and fine standing Blanc-de-chine Buddha, China, marked Dehua and seal mark Pu ji yu ren, 18th century. photo Nagel Auctions

Provenance: Former old German private collection

A similar figure on a lotus flower head base from the collection of Captain and Mrs. V. Bulkeley-Johnson (who formed the Mount Trust), was included by Godfrey Gompertz and Margaret Medley in A Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramic Art, Oriental Ceramic Society at the Quantas gallery, Piccadilly, London, 1966, Catalogue no. 96,

another in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art on a lotus petal base is illustrated by Margaret Medley in The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramic, Volume 6, no. 205

A later standing Buddha by Xu Youyi (1887-1940) from the Richard Lehman Gray collection is illustrated by John Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, plate 72, p. 121 

Few tiny chips restored, good condition;  H. 52,8 cm - Estimate 15 000 €

Nagel Auctions. Asian Art. November 4th 2011. www.auction.de