Lot 109

CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF THE LAUGHING BUDDHA
ZHOU BIN MARK, 20TH CENTURY




Auction: 16 May 2018 at 17:00 BST
£4,000
Description
the Laughing Buddha rendered reclining on a rocky base, dressed in loose robes with hems incised with lotus blooms and scrolling vines, the left hand holding a pile of ingots, signed 'Shang Jun' to the reverse of the figure and 'Gu Min Zhou Bin Fang Gu' (Zhou Bin from Ancient Min imitating antiquity) to the base
Dimensions
base 12.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private English collection.



