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An Important Chinese Limestone Figure of a Bodhisattva, 557-618,…
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Melbourne
Date:
21-Nov-2011
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An Important Chinese Limestone Figure of a Bodhisattva, 557-618, Northern Zhou/Sui Dynasty. Standing wearing a pleated dhoti and a cape over the shoulders, draped in long necklaces and beaded chains drawn through a central ring at the waist, the stone with a dark patina, tiny traces of red pigment, probably from Shanxi province. 80 cm high, mounted on a metal base. Provenance: Melbourne private collection; acquired by a Professor of Art History in Italy and brought to Melbourne in the early 1970?s, and passed on by descent to the current owner. Reference See Osvald Siren 'Chinese Sculpture, vol 1', pl 273, for a similar example from Shanxi, dated to Northern Zhou period; Also, pl's 303A & B; and Christies Ny 20/9/2005, lot 141, for a similar Sui Dynasty Bodhisattva; Also Christies Ny 29/3/2006, lot 341 for another dated to Northern Zhou/Sui Dynasty
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Unclassified