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Chinese Art
Lot 169

A soapstone Budai
18th/19th century

21 March 2018, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

£2,000 - £3,000

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A soapstone Budai

18th/19th century
Well carved, wearing large prayer beads around the neck and loose robes inset with hard stones and draped over his corpulent body, his chest and large stomach bare, his left hand resting over his knee, the other holding the treasure sack, his head bald with a round and broad smiling face, traces of red and turquoise pigments.
11.3cm wide

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