Two ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of Budai. Kangxi period (1662-1722), the bronze from the Louis XV period. - image-1
Two ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of Budai. Kangxi period (1662-1722), the bronze from the Louis XV period. - image-2
Two ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of Budai. Kangxi period (1662-1722), the bronze from the Louis XV period. - image-1Two ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of Budai. Kangxi period (1662-1722), the bronze from the Louis XV period. - image-2

Lot 147 Dα

Two ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of Budai. Kangxi period (1662-1722), the bronze from the Louis XV period.

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 30.000 € - 40.000 €
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Two ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of Budai. Kangxi period (1662-1722), the bronze from the Louis XV period.

Two standing Budai in long, loosely belted robes, the large belly and chest exposed. The headdresses in the form of two scallops and an entwined leaf, the gilt bronze base with rocaille decoration and foliage. Bronze cast in the lost-wax process, chased, fire gilt and polished.
H 27 and 25.5 cm.

Provenance

Formerly private collection, Belgium

Literature

Compare an almost identical figure of a standing Budai in the State Art Collections Dresden, Porcelain Collection, PO 8565 and PO 8566. For a Budai in a comparable mount, see Giacomo und Rozenn Wannenes, Les bronzes ornementaux et les objets montés de Louis XIV á Napoléon III, p. 139