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A RARE AND LARGE MARBLE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, EASTERN WEI DYNASTY, 6TH CENTURY
奥地利
04月10日 下午5点 开拍
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Expert authentication: Dr. Chang Qing has authenticated this lot, noting its stylistic similarities to Eastern Wei Buddha images found in Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong provinces. A notarized copy of Dr. Chang's expertise dated 21 April 2021, in the State of New York, accompanies this lot. Dr. Chang holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Kansas and has held prestigious positions, including post-doctoral fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and senior research fellow at the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institute. He has conducted extensive research in China, participating in archaeological excavations at various historical sites. Dr. Chang is the author of several influential works, including Compassionate Beings in Metal and Stone: Chinese Buddhist Sculptures from The Freer Gallery of Art (2016) and Light of the Buddha in the Desert: Essays on Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang from 5th-14th Centuries (2012). He is currently a professor at Arts College, Sichuan University.China, 534-550. Finely modeled, standing barefoot on a rounded plinth atop a lotus base, holding an altar implement in his left hand. Wearing a dhoti tied at the waist with sashes and ribbons cascading to the knees, a voluminous sanghati elegantly drapes the form, falling across the shoulder and down to his feet, the deity adorned with foliate necklaces. His serene face is characterized by heavy-lidded eyes, softly arched brows, and bow-shaped lips with a prominent philtrum forming a subtle smile, flanked by pendulous earlobes. The hair is neatly parted in the middle and surmounted by a faceted lotus-bud-form ushnisha. Provenance: From a private collection in New York, United States.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, obvious losses, encrustations, minor chips, few structural fissures.Weight: 27.4 kgDimensions: Height 77.4 cm Literature comparison:Compare a related gray limestone figure of a standing Bodhisattva dated mid-6th century, Eastern Wei or Northern Qi, in the Musee Guimet, accession number MA 6751.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2015, lot 752 Price: USD 100,000 or approx. EUR 129,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A white marble figure of a Daoist deity, China, Western Wei dynasty, inscribed with a date corresponding to AD 550. Expert remark: This figure from the Western Wei dynasty is carved in a slightly different style with less movement and expression than the present lot, yet also bears striking similarities to the present lot like for example the garment folds. Note the size (52.1 cm), Daoist subject, and inscription.

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