PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION A Celadon Jade youthful praying figureMing/Qing Dynasty The beribboned figure seated on a lotus base, with legs crossed and with the soles of his feet visible, his hands held in prayer, his hair tied in a small top knot. 2 3/4in (7.1cm) high, box 明/清 玉雕仙人坐像 Our figure appears to be a Buddhist acolyte in prayer as indicated by the lotus on which he sits, the beribboned robes that surround him and the top knot of hair. The closest parallel in jade is a larger figure of Amitayus sold at , London, 13 May 2021, lot 27. There are numerous extant examples of jade carvings of Buddha, fewer of Amitayus , and even less of acolytes. For related jade figures of Buddha in the Qing Court Collection, see the pendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 8 Qing Dynasty , Beijing, 2011, nos.234-238 and 264-265. See two related pale green jade figures of Buddha, dated 18th century and 18th/19th century, which were sold at London, 8 November 2012, lot 3, and 14 May 2015, lot 115.