Leilão Bidspirit | A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF BUDAI, QING DYNASTY. The figure seated dressed in robes open at the chest, with his right knee raised holding onto a clothed sack under his left arm. Two impressed seal marks to the back; A two character mark in double gourd above a rubbed four character mark in a square. Together with an open work wood display stand. Figure 18cm tall x 20cm. Provenance: Property of Terence E B Harnden who served as Senior Naval Stores Officer in Hong Kong between 1937 - 1940. Acquired in Hong Kong before returning to England, thence by descent. Good overall condition. Firing cracks to edge of base with another fault around the left ankle.