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A FINE PAINTED MARBLE TORSO OF BUDDHA
Late Northern Qi-Sui Dynasty Published
Standing gently erect and dressed in monastic robes with arms to J.J Lally & Co., New York, Ancient Chinese Sculpture Recent
the sides, the hands originally raised and lowered in likely abhaya Acquisitions, Spring 2014, no. 6
and varada mudras, a gentle curve to the back and one shoulder
exposed, the rich garments elegantly rendered with waves of soft Sculptures of this type are associated with Qingzhou, Shandong
folds extending to the figure’s bare feet which are supported on a province where a large hoard of sculptures were discovered at
conical plinth, the kashaya fastened over one shoulder in a loop, the Longxing temple site in 1996. See the Royal Academy 2001
traces of the original red, green and black pigments and gold leaf publication Return of the Buddha. The massive figures in this catalog,
embellishments remaining. nos. 16 and 17, carry related pigment and gilt embellishment and
18in (45.7cm) high suggest the original mudras on the now missing arms of this lot, the
mantle fastening of no. 15 from the same group bears close relation
$40,000 - 60,000 to our figure. See a complete limestone figure, sold Sotheby’s,
London, 15 May 2013, lot 147 and a dated figure from the Robert
北齊晚期至隋 大理石加彩佛立像 Hatfield Ellsworth collection, sold Christie’s New York, 20 March
2015, lot 752. See also an unembellished larger figure from the Dr.
Provenance and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon collection, sold Christie’s, New York, 20
J.J Lally & Co., New York, 2014 September 2013, lot 1509.
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