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Figure of Budai Heshang
Dutch (Delft)
about 1700–1725
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware, polychrome decoration
Dimensions
22 x 22 cm (8 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.608
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionA seated Budai Heshang in high-fired polychrome blue, pink, yellow, and brown deocration holding a long pipe in his left hand.
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsTwo paper labels:
"Antiquites / XVII-XVIII / Jeanne-Marie Bealu"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 254"
"Antiquites / XVII-XVIII / Jeanne-Marie Bealu"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 254"
Provenance1998, sold by J. M. Béalu et fils (dealer), Paris, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012)