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A rare Chinese polychrome wood sculpture of a Bodhisattva, song…
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Sydney
Date:
11-Dec-2016
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A rare Chinese polychrome wood sculpture of a Bodhisattva, song Dynasty, 11th century, seated in vajrasana (lotus posture) with the head slightly tilted to one side and the eyes downcast, the hair in curls and trusses around the ushnisha, the right hand originally holding a flower, the robe falling across the high lotus pedestal, 47 cm high. Reference: see Osvald siren, Chinese sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth century vol. 11, 1998, pl. 417B for a bronze figure in similar style, also pl. 467C & D for two similar stone heads, also see pl. 404 for a head with very similar hair style, Shanxi Province, also, Hugo Musterburg, sculpture of the Orient, NY 1973, fig. 98, also see complete Treasures of Chinese fine Art, vol. 4, 2006, pl. 56, p. 55 for a very similar example in bronze, date late Tang Dynasty, also Cleveland Bulletin 1987, for a similar dry lacquer figure date late Tang Dynasty. Provenance: A.&J.Speelman Ltd., London, 1999. Published: A.&J. Speelman, Oriental sculpture and works of Art, London 1999, cat. No. 6, pp. 14-15
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Antiquities: Asian