Lot 89. A 'Dehua' figure of Buddha, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Height 9 1/2 in., 24 cm. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's

shown seated in dhyanasana on top of a lotus base, a pearl resting in both hands, a wan emblem molded on the chest, wearing loosely draped robes falling in crisp folds, the face with a serene expression below spiky snail curls surrounding a smooth, rounded usnisa, covered in a glaze of milk-white tone, the back with impressed double-gourd mark reading He Chaozong, with wood stand (2).

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw.

Provenance: Philips London, 10th June 1992, lot 219.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012