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A large and rare dated Chinese sandstone sculpture of…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
26-Feb-2007
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A large and rare dated Chinese sandstone sculpture of Avalokitesvara, Sui dynasty (AD518-618), carved with the right hand holding a fly whisk and the left an amphora, the long robes draped in jewellery joined by a ring at the waist, a mandorla behind the head, standing on a lotus base supported on a rectangular plinth with a lion at either side, an inscription on the front of the base may be read, - Great Kaifuang 2 nd year, (582AD), May 1st, the Buddha's follower - donates a Guanyin Boddhisatva for all members of his family...down to the seven generations of parents, old damages, 84 cm. Literature: See: there are very few published dated Sui figures; see Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture, Japan, 1974, pl 76, for a comparable example from The Avery Brundage Collection, the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; also Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Buddhist Sculpture, Taipei, 1986, no 78, from the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands; also Arts of China vol 11, Buddhist Cave Temples, new Researches, Tokyo, 1969, No 153
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Unclassified