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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A POLYCHROME STUCCO FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
The standing bodhisattva wears sweeping robes decorated in colorful
shades of red, orange, and green with highlights in gilt, and is holding
a floral stem with both hands. The delicate facial features are set in a
serene expression and the hair is arranged in a topknot.
22Ω in. (57.2 cm.) high, acrylic stand
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Alan Priest (1898-1969) Collection.
Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014) Collection, New York.

EXHIBITED:
On loan: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, L57.47.1.
LITERATURE:
Nicholas Grindley, November 2005, cat. no. 1.

宋/金 十二世紀 彩塑菩薩
來源:
Alan Priest (1898-1969) 珍藏
安思遠 (1929-2014) 珍藏, 紐約
展覽:
借展：紐約, 大都會博物館, 編號L57.47.1
出版:
Nicholas Grindley, 2005年11月, 圖錄編號1

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
769
A POLYCHROME LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
JIN-YUAN DYNASTY, 12TH-14TH CENTURY
The seated figure is shown with the hands held before the chest
and wearing simple loose robes painted dark red. His head is turned
slightly to the right and his face with strong features are accented by a
short curly beard, mustache and brows, and piercing, black-inset eyes.
26 in. (66 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
Sold for the Benefit of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Christie’s
New York, 27 November 1991, lot 24.

For a comparable figure, see the marble luohan from the Jin
period, dated 1180, in the Avery Brundage Collection, illustrated by
d'Argencé, et al., Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture, Asian
Art Museum of San Francisco, 1974, pl. 138, and again in Chinese
Art under the Mongols, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968, pl. 17.
That figure, like the current figure, has similar strong facial features,
including high cheekbones and piercing eyes set off by a curly beard,
mustache and brows. The realism of each is almost portraiture.

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金/元 十二至十四世紀 彩繪木雕羅漢坐像
來源:
休斯頓藝術博物館拍賣收益用於館藏基金; 紐約佳士得, 1991年11月27日,
拍品編號24
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