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A BLACKSTONE STELE OF BUDDHA The sculpture’s figural suppleness and its relatively simple, unpolished
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, BIHAR, PALA PERIOD, back panel follow stylistic conventions of 9th-/10th-century Buddhist
9TH/10TH CENTURY steles produced in Bihar at famous pilgrimage sites, such as Nalanda
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16926 and Bodh Gaya. Compare other 9th-century steles depicting the
10 1/2 in. (26.5 cm) high Buddha in Huntington, The Pala-Sena Schools of Sculpture, Vol.II,
Leiden, 1984, nos.42 & 103.
$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance
印度東北部 比哈爾邦 帕拉時期 九/十世紀 黑石佛陀像 Estate of Ronald Garrigues (1930-2020), California, by 1990s
Under the bodhi tree, Buddha is at the moment of realizing
enlightenment, with his right hand reaching down in bhumisparsha
mudra, calling the Earth to witness it. He sits on a thin cushion of
rosettes spaced by blank cartouches above a double-lotus platform.
The back panel frames his broad physique with arching pearl and
flame borders.
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