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A RARE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF BODHIDHARMA

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17 - 18 CENTURY
The figure is portrayed with a broad face detailed with curly brows and a moustache,
shown seated with his left leg raised and left hand resting on his knee, and his right hand
holding a shoe, leaning on an intricate network on intertwined roots. The deity is wearing
voluminous, long-sleeved robes, finely incised and gilt at the hem with floral scrolls on a
stylised waves ground and inlaid with alternating pearls and precious stone beads.
3æ in. (9.5 cm.) high
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000
PROVENANCE
Spink & Son Ltd, London
Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London
Bodhidharma is the historical 6th century Indian Monk who introduced into China a form
of Buddhism referred to as ‘Chan', or better known by its Japanese name of ‘Zen', and he is
regarded as the sect's First Patriarch.

十七/ 十八世紀 壽山石菩提達摩坐像
來源
Spink & Son Ltd，倫敦
Sydney L. Moss Ltd，倫敦

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