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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

The Buddha is shown seated with the hands clasped above his crossed legs on a waisted
lotus throne in front of a flame-form aureole. The curls of his hair are indicated by
crosshatching, and the back of the aureole is carved with an inscription incorporating a
cyclical date, shi ping er nian, corresponding to AD 507. The russet areas are opaque and
have some buff alteration.
6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) high

$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

The inscription on the back of the aureole may be translated as, “A figure of Buddha
respectfully made by Li Hua of Changyi [in] the second year of Shi ping (corresponding
to AD 507).”

A smaller (2 7/16 in.) jade figure of a Buddha, extremely worn, but also with an
inscription on the back of the pointed aureole incorporating the name of a donor (not
legible) and a cyclical date corresponding to AD 484, from the collection of D. Y. Wu,
Tianjin, is illustrated by A. Salmony in Chinese Jade of Ancient China, Berkeley, 1938, pl.
LXX, figs. 3-4. Also illustrated, pl. LXX, fig. 2, is another small (1 7/8 in.) jade figure of
standing Buddha backed by a leaf-shaped aureole, but not inscribed, which is dated by
Salmony to the Three Kingdoms-Six Dynasties period. Originally in the collection of W.
Burchard, London, this figure is now in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C.
(acc. No. S987.742). See, also, another small (4.2 cm.) jade figure of Buddha backed
by a flame-shaped aureole, inscribed with a date corresponding to AD 869, in the
Hangzhou History Museum, illustrated in Hangzhou guyu (Ancient Jade of Hangzhou),
Beijing, 2003, p. 104, no. 107.

黃褐玉佛

銘文：始平二年昌宜李華敬造佛像一尊
來源:
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。

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A MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A MONK
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The crisply cast, slender figure shown wearing a monk's robes stands on a lotus base
with his hands clasped at his chest. A faceted attachment pin projects from the bottom
of the base.
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) high overall, softwood stand

$10,000-15,000
618
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

唐 袖珍鎏金銅僧人立像
來源:
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。

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