A very rare small white jade double-Bodhisattva figure


Yuan DynastyEach side superbly carved with a Bodhisattva framed by a mandorla, wearing long flowing robes, seated with its hands clasped before it atop a relief-carved lotus pedestal, pierced, the stone of even white lustrous tone, box. 3cm (1 3/16in) high (2).
|元 白玉雙面佛Provenance: Durwin Tang Collection來源：鄧德雍收藏Compare with a related small white jade figure of Buddha on a lotus pedestal, Yuan dynasty, which was excavated in Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou, illustrated by Gu Fang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.346. See also a related white jade figural Buddha plaque, Jin dynasty, illustrated by Wu Hung and B.Morgan, Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1990, no.50.杭州靈隱寺出土一件元代白玉蓮座佛可作參考，見古方著，《中國古玉器圖典》，北京，2007年，頁346。另有一件金代白玉佛可資參考，見巫鴻及 B.Morgan編，《 Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection》，倫敦Bluett & Sons Ltd，1990年，編號50。