Carved wooden Buddha. China. Ch'ien Lung period (1735-1795). Seated figure wearing royal jewels. Surface gold lacquered with traces of blue and red. 7". (cracks and minor loss). Provenance: from a descendant of St. Louis, Missouri industrialist/civic leader and philanthropist- William Keeney Bixby. Bixby retired at the age of 48 in 1905 and pursued his collecting passions including many trips to China. This item may have additional high-resolution photographs, available to view at our Dropbox. Images are organized by lot number. Click the link to view: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wnekz5fvnplsoh7/AACJZrp1-VQb_ZoEetiAzl6fa?dl=0