LOT 24 A Chinese bronze figure of crowned and seated Budai 布袋和尚...
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The smiling deity with a rosary in one hand, his pierced crown enclosing a seated bodhisattva; traces of pigment, later wood stand(H: 9 1/4 in.)PROVENANCE:Property from the Collection of George W. Ryan, Philadelphia (1924-2006); apanied by a business card for Price L. Rogers, Importer, PhiladelphiaMr. Ryan studied at the University of Pennsylvania and served as a medic and radiologist with the 195th General Hospital in the 101st Airborne division in the United States Army during WWII. After serving in Belgium and Germany, Mr. Ryan spent time in Paris where he began collecting in earnest. Returning to the US, hepleted his studies in 1948 at the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English Literature, going on to a career as an English teacher in the Philadelphia school system. He was a member of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the Philobiblon Club, and the International Snuff Bottle Collector's Society.
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