Chinese Toggle Depicting Seated Buddha

Pale seated figure sits upright, robe parted, with an unruffled, tranquil face.

This toggle depicting seated Buddha is from China, and dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. It is jade. Jade was generally the most preferred and valued material for toggles, a precious stone integral to Chinese culture since the Neolithic Period and often called the stone of heaven. Milky white with greenish tones, the seated Buddha wears a robe open at the chest. Light speckling marks the chest. It is 1.5 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 2.5 high.

Still as can be, and a little glossier than average.