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The current lot on display in the drawing room of the Hiram J. Halle Residence in New York, prior to 1961.
Photo credit: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 17 March 1961 catalogue
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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
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AN EXCEPTIONAL SANDSTONE HEAD OF ߣ ⊐ඝ⊆⬴ⲭ㦸Ӑ
A BODHISATTVA
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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
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The face is sensitively carved with gently curving eyes below the ▵卼Ƿה⩢卼
graceful arch of the brows, full lips and a double chin to give a 3BMQI . $IBJU卿⡥⡙
benevolent expression, framed by the long pendulous ears and the
)JSBN + )BMMFⅧ⻦卿⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
hair pulled up in a high chignon secured by a headdress. The back
⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
is uncarved.
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high, stand
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HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-780,000 Ⴃ‰⎏ᕳ⧻ワ㱦卿㲬㞑⼵႔卿 ჺ
PROVENANCE ⒬ྐྵ⒢㐏ǯⵐ⻉㬷⏟㱇ᶕ卿㫐㯗㎒㯎卿৶㎒࣡ᇤਹ卿㫐⏖㖔㨳ௗ㇬卿㶂
Collection of Dr. Friedrich Perzynski (author of Von Chinas 㶌ྉ⋎卿㯔㮱ិӬ㵶㶌卿ዪጔ㧾㙴⯇ஙǯ
Göttern), who travelled to China between 1912-1913
᫉۬㬷༏஋ᷪ卿Ն໶㖅ᓞ㘆ԋࣥ㬷㎼卿ἃݱ௛⏇৿דᘰ⒢㫌㰍ᡟǯᝳᙇ
Ralph M. Chait, New York
The Hiram J. Halle Collection, sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, ։ᙷջ৿ջ⎏⒢ⵐ⻉㯔۬卿㰍ᡟࣿ㬷⏟⯝ទᐽ৅ᓞ㘆卿ज㏱ᬘ㖅ǯӬ։
New York 17 March 1961, lot 26 ⻦⳴⼵இ⛁ᭆᚉໝࢷ⁒㱦卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶᱡം㚃Ⅷ厍ד۬Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 18 September 1996, lot 274 எ ⽚厎Ӭ։⻦ᰞឦ╜㛌⻱ワ㱦卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶᱡം㚃Ⅷ厍ד۬⦛Ƿ卿झ
࢈卿 ჺ卿எ ⽚厎Ӭ։⻦⼖㿰ӽ⇧⁞ైࢷ⁒㱦卿ݱ⻦⤔⽚ 3$)
EXHIBITED
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, 1932-1933
ᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎Ӭ։ᴹ⯇⡥⡙ྒྷԋਦᝯ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ⡥⡙
This sandstone head is remarkable for its elegant proportions and ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
sensitive carving. The fleshy face, arched eyebrows, slit eyes, full lips
and hair drawn back into a high chignon are characteristic of stone
sculptures made during the Tang dynasty. The facial features are
considerably more Chinese in nature and can be regarded as a more
mature style which arose during the 7th to 8th centuries.
Compare a few stone heads of bodhisattvas carved with similar
features, such as one in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, illustrated
in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Buddhist
Sculpture, Taipei, 1986, no. 116; one in the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, illustrated in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen: Chinese Art in Overseas
Collections, Buddhist Sculpture II, Taipei, 1990, no. 128; and one in
Museum Rietberg, Zurich (accession no. RCH 131); one from the
Collection of Arthur Wiesenberger (1896-1970), sold at Sotheby’s New
York, 11 September 2012, lot 118; and from Yamanaka & Co., New York,
sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 September 2015, lot 421.

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