An unusual enamelled export figure of Budai
18th centurySeated on a simulated woven reed mat, holding a shallow bowl, the robes draped loosely around the figure, falling open to reveal the protruding belly.10.8cm (4.1/4in) high.
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The Property of a GentlemanProvenance: A British private collectionThe present figure closely relates to Meissen figures of Budai made circa 1713. For a B?ttger porcelain example in the Zwinger see I.Menzhausen, Meissen Frühzeit und Gegenwart. Johann Friedrich B?ttger zum 300. Geburstag, Dresden, 1982, pl.I/99. For a related Chinese famille rose figure of Budai, circa 1725-1750, see W.R.Sargent, The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, Salem, Mass., 1991, pp.120-121, no.54.