Page 134 - 2019 September 10th Sotheby's Important Chinese Art Jades, Met Museum Irving Collection NYC

60 昳ġġġ 䞛 A LARGE CARVED LIMESTONE
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䞛 HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
晽 SUI DYNASTY
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啑 the oval face with ß eshy cheeks and a softly rounded chin,
椾 the bow-shaped lips drawn closed, the straight nose leading
⁷ to the broad arched eyebrows, the eyelids partially lowered in
contemplation, the face framed by pendulous ears to either side
and an openwork diadem surrounding the ushnisha, the diadem
comprising Þ ve large bejeweled roundels, each centered with
a tassel, a double-chain of further jewels suspended between
each roundel, the diadem secured by a sash with the loose ends
draping behind the ears, traces of pigment, secured to a later
base

Height 16 in., 40.7 cm

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PROVENANCE
Collection of Tejiro Yamamoto (1870-1937). Ⱉ㛔〴Ḵ恶ġĩIJĹĸıĮIJĺĴĸĪġ㓞啷
Alice Boney, New York, 3rd February 1983. ッ渿䴚ɀ漸侸炻䲸䲬炻ġIJĺĹĴ⸜ij㚰Ĵ㖍
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
Irving, no. 860. 㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇Ĺķı
$ 80,000-120,000

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