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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A MASSIVE PAINTED STUCCO HEAD OF A
BODHISATTVA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The head is modeled with delicate facial features set in a
serene expression enhanced by the smooth, white pigment
of the skin and blue pigment of the hair which is worn in
a topknot hidden behind the gilded foliate crown set with
four diminutive figures of Buddha.
38√ in. (98.7 cm.) high, black base
$30,000-50,000

EXHIBITED:
New York, Kaikodo, 2000.
LITERATURE:
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2000, no. 75.
This monumental head of a bodhisattva was made with
clay and lime combined with a binding material applied
over a wood core, and was then colored with mineral
pigments. The ease of working with these materials
allowed artisans to create larger-scale sculptural works
such as this magnificent head.

Buddhist stucco figures were popular from the Tang
dynasty onwards, and many spectacular examples have
been found in temples in Shanxi province, known for its
818 vast quantity of Buddhist monasteries. Compare a Tang
dynasty stucco bodhisattva illustrated in Shanxi foujiao
caisu (Buddhist Sculpture of Shanxi Province), Beijing,
1991, pl. 1. The present bodhisattva head relates to these
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA
earlier Tang prototypes in the rendering of the hair and
818 elaborate crown, and finely-modeled features.
A RARE LARGE OCHRE, GREEN, TURQUOISE AND
AUBERGINE-GLAZED SEATED FIGURE OF AMITAYUS 明十六世紀 泥塑彩繪菩薩頭像
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
The figure is modeled seated in dhyanasana upon a separate lotus leaf- 展覽:
form base, dressed in a flowing dhoti and draped in elaborate jewels, the 紐約, 懷古堂, 2000年。
hands held in dhyanamudra supporting a vase. The head is adorned with a 出版:
foliate crown and inscribed with a character on the back near the bottom, 《懷古堂》, 紐約, 2000年春季刊, 75號。
possibly reading lin, and has a long tubular fitting at the base of the neck
allowing it to fit into the body.
22Ω in. (57.2 cm.) high

$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Frank Caro, successor to C. T. Loo (according to label).
Acquired in Newtown, Massachusetts, 1970s, and thence by descent to
the present owner.

明/清 三彩無量壽佛坐像
來源:
弗蘭克•卡羅, 盧芹齋繼任人 (據標簽)。
於1970年代購自牛頓, 馬薩諸塞州, 後家族傳承至現藏家。