A rare Chinese porcelain Dehua Buddha, late Ming Dynasty, circa 1630, seated in meditation with his legs crossed in padmasana, the lotus posture, with both feet exposed, his hands resting on his feet in dhyanamudra, wearing loose robes draped over the shoulders and tied above the waist exposing his chest, with a central wan character and elaborate necklace, the placid face with eyes looking down between elongated earlobes and broad nostrils beneath an urna on his forehead and an intricate mass of tight curls covering the head, all on a stylised lotus form base, covered in a rich cream glaze, 29.2 cm high. Provenance: Formerly from an important French collection of a lady in Saint Cloud, France. Another seated example with a wan character, and the similar elaborate necklace, is illustrated by Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, p. 237A; a related Buddha without a lotus throne, seated in the same position, now in the British Museum, is illustrated by Margaret Medley in, The World's Great Collections, volume 6, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, no. 203, collection no. 488, where the author also illustrates a standing example with a wan character and the similar elaborate necklace, no. 205, collection no. 414. 明晚期约1630年 德化白釉佛 拍品来源：法国巴黎圣克卢县女士私人珍藏 Condition Report: firing cracks to front and back and the front firing crack with infill and hair crack around centre of body and possibly extended this is an extended crack from a firing crack and faults to glaze with cream coloured areas of glaze mainly on the back Condition Report Disclaimer