A CHINESE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF AMITABHA BUDDHA

A CHINESE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF AMITABHA BUDDHA

QING DYNASTY

Carved seated in dhyanasana with his hands in dhyana mudra, his robes picked out in gilt and decorated with blossoms, the garments draped loosely over his shoulder revealing his bare chest, his sharply defined features framed by his large, elongated earlobes, the stone with some white inclusions, 16.8cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, acquired no later than the 1960s.

Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.8, p.271, no.235 for a related jade figure of Buddha with gilt decoration to his face.