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A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA, NORTHERN QI DYNASTY
奥地利 北京时间
2023年03月10日 开拍
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A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA, NORTHERN QI DYNASTY
Opinion: Northern Qi sculptures of this size are exceedingly rare, as the art from this period was fashioned during a short twenty-five-year span and relatively confined to the northern provinces of Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Anhui.

China, 550-577. Exquisitely carved, the face with a serene expression, an entrancing gaze from deep-set eyes above an aquiline nose and pursed lips, with hair combed into a chignon held together by a crown having both sides tied with ribbons trailing from floral medallions.

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, 30 October 2000, lot 83, sold for NLG 17,553 or approx. EUR 13,500 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). Roger Hollander, acquired from the above. Roger Hollander (1934-2018) was a graduate of Yale and a true American businessman, having turned a small family operation into a globally recognized industry. He was known for his expertise in Indian and Chinese textiles, and for his sprawling country estate on the edge of Yellowstone National Park that housed a vast wine cellar, research library, and many thousands of ethnographic artifacts. The estate, known as Irma Lake Lodge, once belonged to ‘Buffalo’ Bill Cody and was eventually sold by Hollander to Bill Gates for USD 9,000,000.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, nicks, scratches, structural cracks, minor old repairs and fills, signs of weathering and erosion, and encrustations.

Weight: 11.8 kg (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 28 cm (excl. stand) and 38 cm (incl. stand)

The Northern Qi dynasty was one of the most vibrant periods in the history of Chinese art, both religious and secular, as its openness towards foreigners, their ideas, beliefs, and goods immensely enriched the local cultural climate. It was within this cosmopolitan climate that Buddhist sculpture experienced perhaps its most glorious moment. The present head aligns with a simplified style of white marble carvings from this period found in Quyang of Hebei province. The complete figure would have been an exceptionally large standing polychromed bodhisattva, a type depicted with the left arm bent at the side while holding an attribute, wearing simplified jewelry and robes, and standing above a double-lotus petal base on a plinth.

Expert’s note: According to Osvald Siren, marble figures modeled in gently rounded forms, such as the present example, were typically produced during the second half of the 6th century. See Osvald Siren, Chinese Marble Sculptures of the Transition Period, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 12, Stockholm, 1940, pp. 473-496. Also compare a closely related, very rare and important painted white marble Buddhist votive stele, Northern Qi dynasty, at Christie’s New York, 17 March 2009, lot 357. Christie’s notes the “massive size” of this important stele at 170 cm, but one must consider that the scale of our head suggests it is from a figure over twice as large. This comparison gives an invaluable picture of a complete bodhisattva from the Northern Qi period, and no doubt with numerous similarities, but leaves one wondering about the importance of the complete work that our head must have once been a part of.

Literature comparison: Compare a closely related marble figure of Buddha, with near identical facial features, in the Royal Ontario Museum, object number 921.31.21, illustrated in Angela F. Howard, Buddhist Cave Sculpture of the Northern Qi Dynasty: Shaping a New Style, Formulating New Iconographies, Archives of Asian Art, vol. 49, 1996, pp. 6-25, fig. 19.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams New York, 19 September 2022, lot 265
Price: USD 94,875 or approx. EUR 85,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Rare White Marble Head of a Bearded Sage, Laozi, Northern Qi-Sui Dynasty, 6th Century
Expert remark: Compare the material, manner of carving and style. Note the similar size (32 cm).



北齊漢白玉菩薩頭像
中國,550-577年。雕刻精美,表情安詳,彎眉連著鼻頸,眼睛微閉,嘴唇微噘,頭髮梳成髮髻,由一頂王冠固定在一起,兩邊都繫著從花卉絲帶。如此規模的北齊雕塑極為罕見,因為這一時期的藝術特徵在短短的二十五年內形成,並且相對局限於山東、河北、河南、山西和安徽等北方省份。

來源:阿姆斯特丹佳士得,2000年10月30日,lot 83,售價 NLG 17,553 或相當於 EUR 13,500 (根據通貨膨脹率);Roger Hollander購於上述拍賣。Roger Hollander (1934-2018年) 畢業於耶魯大學,是一位真正的美國商人,將一家小型家族企業發展成為全球知名的行業。他以在印度和中國紡織品方面的專業知識,以及在黃石國家公園邊緣的廣闊鄉村莊園而聞名,莊園內有一個巨大的酒窖、研究圖書館和數以千計的民族志文物。這座被稱為伊爾瑪湖旅館的莊園曾經屬於“布法羅”比爾科迪,最終被Hollander以 900 萬美元的價格賣給了比爾蓋茨。
品相:狀態極好,大量磨損、缺損、刻痕、劃痕、結構裂縫、小修補和填充、風化和結殼。

重量:11.8 公斤 (含底座)
尺寸:高28 厘米 (不含底座) 與38 厘米 (含底座)

北齊是中國宗教和世俗藝術史上最活躍的時期之一,因為它對外國人、思想、信仰和商品的開放極大地豐富了當時的文化氛圍。正是在這種國際化的氛圍中,佛教雕塑經歷了也許是最輝煌的時刻。本品頭像與河北曲陽出土的這一時期漢白玉風格相符。完整的形象應該是一個特別大的站立的菩薩,左臂彎曲,手持法寶,佩戴珠寶,身著長袍,站在雙層蓮座上。

專家注釋:根據Osvald Siren,柔和的圓雕大理石人物,例如本例,一般來自六世紀下半葉。見 Osvald Siren,〈Chinese Marble Sculptures of the Transition Period〉,《Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities》,第 12 期,斯德哥爾摩,1940 年,第 473-496 頁。另請比較一件非常罕見且重要的彩繪漢白玉佛教還願石碑,北齊,紐約佳士得,2009年 年 3 月 17 日,拍品編號 357。佳士得指出這塊重要石碑的尺寸為 170 厘米,但必須考慮到頭部的比例,表明它來自一個兩倍大的造像。

文獻比較:比較一件非常相近漢白玉佛像,有幾乎相同的面部特徵 ,收藏於Royal Ontario Museum,館藏編號 921.31.21,見Angela F. Howard,〈Buddhist Cave Sculpture of the Northern Qi Dynasty: Shaping a New Style,Formulating New Iconographies〉,《Archives of Asian Art》,卷49,1996年,頁6-25,圖19。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約邦瀚斯,2022年9月19日,lot 265
價格:USD 94,875(相當於今日EUR 85,000
描述:北齊至隋大理石髯須老子頭像
專家評論:比較材質、雕刻風格。請注意相似的尺寸 (32 厘米)。

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