Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
Continental & Oriental Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Glass including collections of Chinese Jade
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 73 892
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
A Chinese pale lavender jade figure of a buddha, 19th century
seated on a double lotus throne in rajalilasana before a flame, his wrists adorned with bangles, lightly draped in flowing robes with beaded necklace and elongated earlobes, the pale lavender stone with russet and pale green inclusions, with dark russet veining to the flame, 23cm high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's mother in the 1930s.
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