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A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA 北齊 大理石佛首像
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY
the broad face with a serene expression, the 來源
almond-shaped downcast eyes beneath high Alice Boney，1958年
arched brows above pursed lips, all flanked Earl Morse收藏
by long pendulous ear lobes and beneath a 紐約蘇富比1998年3月24日，編號489
pronounced hairline framing the forehead and 懷古堂，紐約
surmounted by a gently rounded usnisa
26 cm, 10¼ in. 展覽
《Spirit and Ritual：The Morse Collection
PROVENANCE of Ancient Chinese Art, New York》，大都
Alice Boney, 1958. 會博物館，紐約，1982年，編號55
Earl Morse Collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 24th March 1998, lot 489. 出版
Kaikodo Gallery, New York. Hugo Munsterberg，《The Arts of China》，
1972年，圖版43及94
EXHIBITED
Robert L. Thorp及Virginia Bower，《Spirit
Spirit and Ritual: The Morse Collection of and Ritual: The Morse Collection of Ancient
Ancient Chinese Art, New York, Metropolitan Chinese Art》，紐約，1982年，編號55
Museum of Art, 1982, cat. no. 55.
LITERATURE Compare a stone head of slightly larger size,
Hugo Munsterberg, The Arts of China, 1972, sold at Christie’s New York, 22nd April 1999,
pl. 43 and p. 94. lot 157; and a stele depicting a standing
Robert L. Thorp and Virginia Bower, Spirit and Buddha with similar facial features, in the
Ritual: The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, illustrated in Saburō
Art, New York, 1982, cat. no. 55. Matsubara, Chūgoku Bukkyō chōkoku shiron
[History of Chinese Buddhist sculpture], Tokyo,
£ 20,000-30,000 1995, vol. II, pl. 417b.
HK$ 206,000-308,000 US$ 26,200-39,300

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