Sold for €3,900
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China, 618-907. Finely carved seated in royal ease above a dragon head emerging from swirling clouds, dressed in loose robes revealing the bejeweled chest, the face with elegant nose, arched eyebrows, and downcast eyes above bow-shaped lips, flanked by pendulous earlobes, and surmounted by a tall chignon behind a foliate tiara.
Provenance: British trade. Acquired from a private estate in eastern Somerset, UK.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, minor losses, small fissures, and minor old repairs. Several layers of lacquer have been applied and renewed over centuries.
Weight: 24.8 kg
Dimensions: Height 65.5 cm
Literature comparison:
For a slightly earlier standing bodhisattva carved from black marble with traces of pigments and gilding, to the 6th century, see the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 18.5. Compare a related limestone figure of Guanyin, with traces of pigments and similarly worked chains, dated late 6th to early 7th century, 100.8 cm tall, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 29.100.32a, b. Compare a related limestone figure of Guanyin, dated to the Tang dynasty, 65.4 cm high, in the Seattle Art Museum, accession number 40.144. Compare a related marble figure of a Buddhist disciple, of a similar color to the present lot and also with traces of lacquer, dated to the Tang dynasty, at Bonhams London, 17 May 2012, lot 101.
China, 618-907. Finely carved seated in royal ease above a dragon head emerging from swirling clouds, dressed in loose robes revealing the bejeweled chest, the face with elegant nose, arched eyebrows, and downcast eyes above bow-shaped lips, flanked by pendulous earlobes, and surmounted by a tall chignon behind a foliate tiara.
Provenance: British trade. Acquired from a private estate in eastern Somerset, UK.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, minor losses, small fissures, and minor old repairs. Several layers of lacquer have been applied and renewed over centuries.
Weight: 24.8 kg
Dimensions: Height 65.5 cm
Literature comparison:
For a slightly earlier standing bodhisattva carved from black marble with traces of pigments and gilding, to the 6th century, see the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 18.5. Compare a related limestone figure of Guanyin, with traces of pigments and similarly worked chains, dated late 6th to early 7th century, 100.8 cm tall, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 29.100.32a, b. Compare a related limestone figure of Guanyin, dated to the Tang dynasty, 65.4 cm high, in the Seattle Art Museum, accession number 40.144. Compare a related marble figure of a Buddhist disciple, of a similar color to the present lot and also with traces of lacquer, dated to the Tang dynasty, at Bonhams London, 17 May 2012, lot 101.
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