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A Chinese polychrome white marble Stele, Northern Qi (550-577),…
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Sydney
Date:
11-Dec-2016
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A Chinese polychrome white marble Stele, Northern Qi (550-577), depicting a Bodhisattva standing in meditation on a lotus stem, leaning against a tree trunk with some original pigment to the robe and the hair, the deity with hands together in Anjali mudra against his chest, the head crowned with falling ribbons to either side of his tall chignon. He wears a shawl covering his shoulders. A rectangular tablet has been carved above his head (inscription missing), 37.5 cm high, fitted metal stand, References, see Yang Boda, Quyang Xiudesi chutu jinian zaoxiang de yishu fengge yu tezheng, (the Artistic style and features of dated small sculptures Unearthed in Xiude temple in Quyang), 1960, Vol. 2, p. 55, fig. 27 for a similar example. Provenance: Private Collection, Taipei. Eskenazi London, 25/3/2002, invoice no. 55. Exhibited: Eskenazi Oriental Art, Chinese Buddhist sculpture from Northern Wei to Ming, 18-30/03/2002
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