The Buddhist deity is seated with naked abdomen, a sack at his right side. His robes are carved with vertical folds, his back pierced like a netsuke. The ivory is stained brown at his head and round the lower part.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 140

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 25 May 1965 (£53); formerly in the collection of Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill of Northwick Park, sold Christie’s, London, 24 May 1965, lot 123

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2