A rare carved boxwood figure of the BuddhaMid Qing Dynasty
Deftly carved with a benevolent expression surmounted by a domed ushnisha covered with tightly coiled hair, wearing long flowing robes falling in elegant pleats on a double lotus pedestal revealing two bare feet, the right hand open and lowered in varada mudra, the left hand raised in front of the chest. 22.2cm (8 3/4in) high.注脚清中期 黃楊木雕佛陀立像

Himalayan Art Resources item no.16784
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16784號

Provenance:
According to a label, acquired in Hankow (Wuhan) on 1 September 1867
Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by repute
Alice Getty (d.1946), by repute
Courtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by repute
Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by repute
Professor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute
Mark Dineley (1901-1975)
Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descent

來源：
據木像底部標籤所記，1867年9月1日購於武漢漢口
傳亨利·哈里遜·蓋蒂舊藏（1838-1919年）
傳愛麗絲·蓋蒂舊藏（卒於1946年）
傳卓德嘉子爵考特尼·摩根舊藏（1867-1934年）
傳特里迪格子爵二世艾文·摩根舊藏（1893-1949年）
傳貝勒比教授及夫人舊藏
馬克·戴尼利舊藏（1901-1975年）
彼得·戴尼利舊藏（1938-2018年），並由家族繼承

Old label on the bottom:
Old ivory gift
Buddhist goddess of mercy
queen of heaven
our lady of the star
The type out of which the [...] developed [...]
Bought at Hankow centre of China Sept. 12 1867'

底部舊標籤：
老象牙禮物
佛教觀音
[類似天主教的]海星聖母
這種[不識]
購於華中漢口，1867年9月12日

Boxwood figural carvings were used in the imperial court to depict deities, legendary figures and scholarly pursuits. Compare with a related boxwood figure of a reclining lady on books, mid-Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, no.81; see also a related boxwood carving of He Xiangu on a raft, with an ivory stand, 18th century, in the Cleveland Museum of Art (no.1976.60).

A related boxwood carving of a scholar, 18th-19th century, was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1214.

黃楊木質，雕阿彌陀佛像，佛頭圓頂螺髻，方臉圓潤，珍珠白亳，細眉低垂，面帶微笑，衣袍褶皺雕琢精細而自然，右手下垂施接引印，左手已佚，或施說法印，赤足立於仰覆蓮座。

清宮木雕中多見以黃楊木雕刻人物造型的藝術作品，如清宮舊藏一件清中期黃楊木雕仕女，其勻稱比例及流暢刀法與本品類似，著錄於《故宮博物院文物珍品全集：竹木牙角雕刻》，香港，2002年，編號81；另見克利夫蘭藝術博物館收藏的一件十八世紀黃楊木雕何仙姑乘船，並配有原裝象牙座，其工藝可資比較（博物館編號1976.60）。另可參考一件相關的十八至十九世紀黃楊木雕高士，2019年3月21日售於紐約佳士得，拍品編號1214。