180 - CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF SHAKYAMUNI WITH GILT BRONZE STAND

CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF SHAKYAMUNI WITH GILT BRONZE STAND QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 白玉釋迦摩尼佛座像暨銅鎏金座the Buddha finely carved seated indhyanasanawith hands held indhyana mudra, wearing a long robe wrapped around his left shoulder falling in gentle folds over his left arm, legs and open at the right shoulder and chest,the face inserene expression and downcast eyes, framed by a pair of pendulous earlobes and tightly curled hair topped with ushnisha, the stone of even white colour with dark inclusions on the lower part, sits on a well-cast double lotus throne with beaded rims with flaming mandorla decorated in openwork with the 'eight Buddhist emblems' 25.5cm high Compare to a related pale celadon jade carving of a seated Buddha on a gilt bronze stand, Qing dynasty, 18th century, formerly in the Springfield Museums, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 Nov 2020, lot 2902. See another jade figure of Buddha on a gilt bronze stand, 2nd half of 18th-early 20th century, in the Royal Ontario Museum, object no. 923.17.137.A. Compare to the a very rare pale celadon jade figure of Buddha and spinach-green jade stand, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 September 2021, lot 61.