A MAGNIFICENT LAPIS LAZULI FIGURE OF BUDDHA, QING DYNASTY China, 1644-1912. Finely carved seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his left hand raised in shuni mudra and right hand holding an alms bowl. Wearing a loose-fitting monastic robe with voluminous folds. His serene face with heavy-lidded eyes below gently arched eyebrows, a broad nose, and full lips, flanked by long pendulous earlobes. The hair arranged in wavy curls with central whorls below the ushnisha. Backed by a halo. The stone of an intense, striking blue hue amid veins in various shades of gray beneath glimmering mica flecks.

Provenance: From a private collection in Chicago, USA.
Condition: Very good condition with ancient wear and traces of use. The base and lotus petals with minor nibbling and few small nicks to edges, old soiling to recessed areas. The stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Fine, naturally grown patina and an unctuous feel overall.

Weight: 2,145 g
Dimensions: Height 21.2 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a related lapis lazuli figure of Buddha at Bonhams San Francisco in Asian Decorative Arts on 25 June 2013, lot 8009, sold for USD 52,500; and another at Sotheby’s New York in The Concordia House Collection: Fine Chinese Jades And Important Works Of Art From A Midwestern Family on 19 March 2007, lot 60, sold for USD 93,600.

清代青金石佛陀坐蓮像
中國，1644-1912年。精雕細刻佛陀結跏趺坐在雙層蓮座上，左手高舉施須尼印，右手持缽。身穿寬鬆的袈袍，面容祥和平靜，眉毛微拱，雙眼皮厚重，寬闊的鼻子，豐滿的嘴唇，兩側是長長的耳垂。 頭髮成螺髻。後有光背。青金石中雲母斑點閃爍，藍色艷麗。

來源：美國芝加哥私人收藏。
品相：狀況非常好，有舊時磨損和使用痕跡。底座和蓮花花瓣有輕微的磕損，邊緣有少量刻痕，凹陷區域有舊時污漬。具有天然紋理的石料，隨著時間的推移，其中一些紋理可能會發展成細小的裂縫。自然生長的包漿整體細膩油潤。

重量：2,145 克
尺寸：高21.2 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近青金石佛像，見舊金山邦翰思Asian Decoartive Arts 2013年6月25日 lot 8009, 售價USD 52,500; 另一件見紐約蘇富比The Concordia House Collection: Fine Chinese Jades And Important Works Of Art From A Midwestern Family 2007年3月19日lot 60, 售價USD 93,600。