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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA AND JOHN CURTIS
849
A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A
SEATED BODHISATTVA
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The fnely carved fgure shown seated in dhyanasana
with the right hand raised and left hand holding a cup
has a contemplative expression and wears loosely
draped robes, a jeweled necklace that spans the chest,
and is covered in reddish-brown lacquer and gilding,
while the hair, which is drawn up into a topknot, has
some traces of blue pigment.
4¬ in. (11.7 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, March 1987.
元/明 木漆金觀音坐像

849
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA AND JOHN CURTIS
850
A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF
A SEATED MONK
SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
Possibly representing the Tang dynasty monk, Sizhou
Dasheng (the Grand Saint of Sizhou), the fgure is
shown seated in contemplation wearing a monastic,
hooded robe that drapes gracefully over the edges
of the pedestal seat, with traces of original pigment
remaining.
9æ in. (24.8 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, February 1996.
For a discussion of the Tang dynasty monk Sizhou
Dasheng, see Denise Patry Leidy and Donna Strahan,
Wisdom Embodied. Chinese Buddhist and Daoist
Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, 2010, pp. 126-29, no. 28.
宋 木雕泗州大聖坐像

850