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A FINELY CARVED AND POLISHED WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA, NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY
奥地利
04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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Published & Exhibited: Chinese Works of Art, Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York, USA, 23 September - 9 October 1997, no. 3.China, 386-535. Finely carved with a meditative expression, the face distinguished by heavy-lidded eyes beneath elegantly arched brows, a flaring nose, and a sharply defined mouth forming a calm smile. The bow-shaped lips and prominent philtrum are carefully detailed, flanked by large ears with pendulous lobes, while the hair is neatly arranged into a domed ushnisha.Provenance: Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York, USA. Michael B. Weisbrod is a noted scholar of Chinese art, who has published extensively on the subject over a time span of more than 50 years. In 1972, Michael joined his father Dr. Gerald Weisbrod's Asian art gallery in Toronto, Canada. The father-and-son team opened their New York location on Madison Avenue in 1977, and during the next 45 years the gallery held a significant number of exhibitions, selling to museums and private collectors across the globe, eventually adding further locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Ancient wear, obvious losses, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, light scratches, small chips, the urna with an old fill.Weight: 14.8 kg g (excl. stand), 17.4 kg (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 32 cm (excl. stand), 48.5 cm (incl. stand)With an associated fitted stand. (2)Buddhist stone sculpture experienced one of its greatest moments in the Northern Wei period (386-534), when it was strongly patronized by the Imperial court. As the ruling family gradually adopted a more Chinese lifestyle, a stylistic change also took place in Buddhist sculpture during this period. Buddhist images with foreign-looking features, which had been adopted from Indian and Central Asian prototypes, when the religion was first introduced to China, gradually disappeared and were replaced by more Chinese-looking Buddha figures. One of the most enchanting styles appeared in the late Northern Wei, as represented by the present head, when faces with fine and noble features were depicted with a faint smile, signaling enlightenment as much as benevolence. That the deities thus appeared more approachable undoubtedly helped the rapid propagation of the religion at that time.Literature comparison:Compare a related limestone head of Buddha, Northern Wei or Eastern Wei dynasty, 40.6 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 42.25.36.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1296Price: USD 338,500 or approx. EUR 422,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A rare large stone head of Buddha, Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century BC [sic], Gongxian Grotto, Henan ProvinceExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling with similar square hairline, the pursed lips, and the arched brows. Note the larger size (43.2 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 22 Mar 1999, lot 157Price: USD 51,750 or approx. EUR 87,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A well-carved white marble head of Buddha, Northern Qi dynastyExpert remark: Compare the related modeling, manner of carving, and stone. Note the smaller size (27 cm) and slightly later dating.

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