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AN INSCRIBED MARBLE STANDING ᖦ㮵᢯೜ԭໞ䢰 䢱 ᖎ᡺ᒞ㐥Ⅾ⊆⿮ˡ㦉⒥Ӑ
FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
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EASTERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED FIRST YEAR OF THE DINGWU ℳ⤁▭ 卿ྒྷែ㋭ఉ卿ݣ⻦ᙻ᳖ᛮឆ
REIGN, CORRESPONDING TO AD 543 AND OF THE PERIOD
ඏ㏟ᚵ卿഍ᰥ卿ݣ⻦ᙻᭆஇᛞឆ
The deity is carved standing on a lotus plinth against a mandorla,
பទՆ㚿卿ᚚទ卿㐟ᙻ ჺջ
with left hand holding an altar implement, and raised right hand
Ƕ⻱ᱡ㈊ṗ厍பទՆ㚿Ⅷ⻦ԋஇ⻱ワǷ卿㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿
holding a lotus bud against his chest, all supported on a rectangular
base, carved on the right and back side with the original inscription ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
dating to Dingwu first year of the Eastern Wei dynasty (543); the
other two sides with a later Northern Song inscription dating to ֩Ḝ
Yuanfeng first year (1078). ഌឭ㇛ခ卿Ƕᘒ㚣⧻ワटg㫌౯❩Ƿ卿卻ᚚទ卼இᝧߒリ
13 Æ in. (35 cm.) high ᝯ卿 ჺ卿㮰
Ƕ㷥㗼㖩ᡉ⒢ߴᏛ♙Ƿ✄Հ߇✄Հݺ卿ӳᱡᝧ⊺߅‸
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000
▘卿 ჺ卿㮰
PROVENANCE Ƕ࢈՗எᝧ㱦⻦ԋஇ᫓ջ⒢ߴᑃទᆤ⤔g࢈ង Ƿ卿ԋ႔ऒ
Wang Xuzu (1853-1919), Zhucheng, Shandong, acquired during
⟐߅‸▘卿 ჺ卿㮰
the late Qing period
໑㏘ᙔ卿Ǹ࢈՗ഌໝஎᝧ㱦⻦᫓ջ⒢ߴᑃទⳞ⏖卻Ӳ卼ǹ卿
Yao Guifang, Tianjin, acquired during the Republic period
Sakamoto Goro, Japan, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s 㖊ᙻǶ⩠ऒໝ㫀ߒ Ƿg☑ໝ߅‸▘卿 ჺ卿㮰
㚰᫈ி卿Ƕ࢈ង⡕ჺ㙁۬㉃ᆤ⤔Ƿ卿म៣՞ᭆ߅‸▘卿
Chinese Art Through the Eyes of Sakamoto Goro, sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 130 ჺ卿㮰
㿩ᘨ卿Ƕᶴ㷑ݪង⒢ߴ㛮㞑ឭரⒺ♾Ƿ卿ԋஇ▘ᝯ☑ໝ߅‸
LITERATURE
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Kokusho KankĿkai, Shina bijutsushi chĿso hen (Chinese Art
History: Sculpture), Tokyo, 1972, p. 261 ㈊ӽ㮥ⵐ⻉㯔ᏊӲ⶟ވ卿ႚᏛӴௗᑥᯧ⁒ǮठᏛᑥ⸥⺢ᐡ⯝⬍䁖卿ႵႼ
Lu Xun jijiao shike shougao (Manuscript of inscriptions on stone ᙻ⭬߿Ւࣾ卿⛁ᙻ⸥Ɽᄠӳǯ⸥ⱤᄠӴᐂ㧩ᙹᆨఫᄠ卿۬ᄠ⯇ႚڬश⫫
edited and proofread by Lu Xun), Shanghai, 1987, case 2, vol. 2, ⯍᫈㬷卿،᪖ߴ厍
p. 335 (text description only)
ഌ㷑᫐᪖⎅Փ᫋໸݉ჺӮᝲႢӺ᝽୨ᚚ⊒㗪דᅾ ຽឪ᪖ᚺἃՏݓឪ㚣
Beijing tushuguan Zhongguo lidai shike tuoben huibian·Beichao
ᅠ㙁㈊ӽ㮥۬Ӭ垿⎊ℱݴ႔໫᫋㕘 ᣐᆎ⥂ࢨ☌㛮ᘢ⥂ឭ໫ᅴ།ݤᝳ⎊
(Rubbings of Chinese Stone Sculptures in the Collection of
Peking Library · Northern Dynasties), vol. 6, Henan, 1989, p. 94 ℱ۬Ӳཉ ᇌ⯍݉㎒݉ჺՀᝲՀࢦӲᚚ׹㵶Ꮭ㲬Ⱞ㑤᭄㘃ᇑ⎊ℱ۬Ӳཉ
Sun Guanwen, ‘Beijing Daxue tushuguan cang lidai shike Ԇ㑌౲ཀ؊㱐ᘢ㉃ǯ
tuoben caoben (san)’(Rubbings of Stone Sculptures in the Peking
University Library Collection), Kaoguxue jikan (Papers on Chinese
Archaeology), vol. 9, Beijing, 1995, p. 270
Shao Zhengkun, Beichao jinian zaoxiang jihuibian (Compendium of
dated Buddhist figures from the Northern Dynasties), Jilin, 2014,
p. 170
Huang Min, Han Wei Liuchao shike xiangli cunfang yanjiu (Research
on Stone Carvings from the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties through
Village Visit), Beijing, 2019, pp. 282-283

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