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A Superb Northern Qi Limestone Sculpture Of Buddha, c.550-577…
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Sydney
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17-Aug-2008
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A Superb Northern Qi Limestone Sculpture Of Buddha, c.550-577 AD, of exceptional quality standing above a separate lotus base his left foot raised above a crouching figure wearing a diaphanous robe, his left hand raised in vitarka mudra and his right in bhumisparsa mudra, the fine featured visage with serene expression and downcast eyes flanked by pendulous ear lobes below a coiffure of wavy hair and domed ushnisha at apex, remnant polychrome mineral earth pigments, weathered, some encrustations, China, 130 cm Provenance: From an Australian collection Note: for a similar example cf. Sotheby's New York Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, March 31 & April 1 2005, Lot 86; See also x iaoneng Yang (ed) 1999, The Golden Age of Chinese Archeology; Celebrated Discoveries From The Peoples' Rebublic of China, National Gallery of Art Washington, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Yale University Press, New Haven and London. The Northern Chi Gray Limestone Budha
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