A LARGE AND HEAVILY CAST BRONZE OF BUDAI, QING

A LARGE AND HEAVILY CAST BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI, QING DYNASTY
China, 1644-1912. The Laughing Buddha characteristically depicted seated on his sack with strings of cash finely incised around the legs and shoulders, his beard and chest hair also incised, wearing a long flowing robe opening at the chest to reveal his outsized belly.

Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, traces of use and casting flaws. A pole or stick previously held in one hand is missing. Fine dark patina. Minimal scattered nicks and dents.

Weight: 14.7 kg
Dimensions: Width 40 cm

Cast on the underside with a four-character seal mark reading Shanying zhizao.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a slightly smaller, but gilt bronze figure of Budai, sold at Christie's Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 29 May 2019, lot 3181, for HKD $625,000.

大型青銅布袋坐像，清代
中國，1644-1912。笑佛的典型特徵是坐在他的麻袋上，袒胸露腹，塑造了一個笑口常開的未來佛形象。

來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相：品相良好，老磨損，使用痕跡和鑄造缺陷。以前一隻手握住棍棒缺失。細膩深色包漿。輕微刻痕和凹痕。

重量：14.7 公斤
尺寸：寬40 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相似但小些且鎏金的布袋和尚2019年5月29日于香港佳士得《重要中國陶瓷和工藝品》拍號3181，成交價HKD $625,000.