J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURE OF BUDAI

Late Ming Dynasty, A.D. 16th Century

the jolly corpulent deity shown seated at his ease on a straw mat, wearing loose monastic robes falling open at the front to reveal his bulging belly, his face well modelled with a wide grin framed by laughter lines on his chubby cheeks, and with a benevolent expression in his eyes, his right hand resting on his raised knee, holding a rosary and grasping the neck of his sack in his left hand, with impressed florettes around the hems of his robes, covered all over with a glossy translucent glaze of attractive bluish-green color thinning to beige over the raised areas, with the marks of the sculptor's fingers remaining on the underside, the unglazed stoneware at the edge of the base burnt reddish-brown in the firing, fitted wood stand.

Height 5 ¹⁄₂ inches (14 cm)
Width 5 ³⁄₄ inches (14.5 cm)

晚明　龍泉窰布袋和尚　高 14 厘米　寬 14.5 厘米