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A CARVED LIMESTONE HEAD OF AVALOKITESHVARA
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SUI DYNASTY

$ 400,000-600,000
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the full oval face carved with a serene expression, the downcast eyes set beneath " nely arched eyebrows leading
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to the straight nose above full lips, the rounded cheeks framed by pendulous earlobes and surmounted by an
elaborate diadem concealing a simple chignon, secured with a fabric band laying in folds above the forehead and
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knotted behind each ear, the three-lobed diadem carved in high relief, each lobe with a shaped border of scrolling
curls, centered with the Buddha Amitabha standing on a lotus pedestal and backed by a tall mandorla between an
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openwork rosette suspending three tassels followed by a further lobe centered with an arch lined with circles, traces
䴠 of red, green, and blue pigment throughout, tall wood stand (2)
Height 16¼ in., 41.3 cm
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PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Yamanaka & Co. ᆞ͚ੳᰰ
Collection of Tsai Chen-Nan. 㩎䓝⩤ᩣ㫼

EXHIBITED ᆂ㻪
Diaoshu biecang/The Art of Contemplation. Ȩ䰂ൾݒ㫼ȩ喑స⿸ᩲმࢇ➖䮏喑झࡄ喑
Religious Sculpture from Private Collections, 1997Ꭱ喑䴮165喑㌕㮌2
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997, p. 165, cat. Ȩ͚సऑ҈䰂➦ᆂȩ喑㟞㨛㍐⿸᪴ࡃ͚ᓰ喑
no. 2. 㟞㨛喑1999Ꭱ喑㌕㮌031
Zhonguo gu fo diao tezhan [Special exhibition of Ȩࡰऑ҈䵼 : נ㊞䰂ݨ➦ᆂȩ喑倅䯱ጯ⿸
Chinese ancient Buddhist sculptures], Hualien 㒻㶀乕喑倅䯱喑2000Ꭱ喑㌕㮌28
County Cultural Center, Hualien, 1999, cat. no. Ȩ₤А҈䰂㬊㶀͸㒻ȩ喑స⿸₤टࢇ➖乕喑
031. झࡄ喑2006Ꭱ喑㌕㮌27
Qian gu fo yan. Chuantong diaoke tezhan/Ancient Ȩ҈׼ : ᮧᚔ㜴ᙵᗟ͸䏘ȩ喑仃❫๔Ⴅࢇ➖乕喑
Chinese Sculptures II [Thousand ancient Buddhist 仃❫喑2007Ꭱ喑㌕㮌20
countenances. Special exhibition of classical
sculpture], Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts,
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Kaohsiung, 2000, cat. no. 28. Ȩ㬊㶀უᰵܷȩ喑झࡄ喑1998Ꭱ12ᰵ喑䴮254
The Beauty of Buddhist Sculptures, National
Ȩ㝙㠒ᄣⰥ : 䲉䯲യ㫼͚స҈׼㬊㶀ȩ喑
Museum of History, Taipei, 2006, cat. no. 27. झࡄ喑2016Ꭱ喑㌕㮌21
Buddha: The Embodiment of Wisdom and
Compassion, Seoul National University Museum,
Seoul, 2007, cat. no. 20.

LITERATURE
Yishujia yuekan (Artist Magazine), Taipei,
December 1998, p. 254.
Bore baoxiang Jingyatang cang Zhongguo
foxiang yishu/The Treasures of Chinese Buddhist
Sculptures, Taipei, 2016, cat. no. 21.

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