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THE MARIO PRODAN BODHISATTVAS

馬里奧·普羅丹舊藏菩薩坐像 一對

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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF CARVED WOOD FIGURES OF
SEATED BODHISATTVAS
Song Dynasty
The figures finely carved, each seated regally in meditative posture,
vajrasana, with one hand held before the chest and the other in
avakashamudra, wearing layered robes falling loosely around the
chest and exposing elaborately carved necklaces, the serene facial
expression detailed with half-open eyes and a gentle smile, framed
by a pair of long pendulous earlobes beneath a foliate tiara securing
a neatly drawn-up topknot.
44cm (17 2/8in) high. (2).

£120,000 - 150,000
CNY1,100,000 - 1,300,000

宋 木雕菩薩坐像 一對

Provenance:
Mario Prodan Collection, Rome
Christie’s London, 5 June 1995, lot 105
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection

Mario Prodan was a writer and scholar of Chinese art. Among his
books are ‘Chinese Art’ and ‘The Art of the T’ang Potter’. He had
set up a prosperous business dealing in ancient Chinese pottery that
became untenable after the Japanese invasion of China during World
War II.
來源：
羅馬Mario Prodan先生舊藏
1995年6月5日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品105號
歐宗易先生珍藏
馬里奧·普羅丹（Mario Prodan），作家及中國藝術學者，著有
《Chinese Art（中國藝術）》及《The Art of the T’ang Potter （唐代
陶匠的藝術）》兩書。普羅丹亦是一位成功的古董商人，專營中國高
古陶瓷；但二戰期間日本侵華以後生意一落千丈， 逐難以經營。

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