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ANOTHER PROPERTY
ⱷ738
A GREY STONE BUDDHIST STELE
EASTERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 534-550),
DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 4TH YEAR OF
TIANPING, CORRESPONDING TO AD 537
The stele is carved in high relief with the Buddha
standing on a lotus base above two lions, with the
right hand held in abhayamudra and the left hand in
varadamudra, flanked by two bodhisattvas and with
an apsara in flight above. The reverse is carved with a
lengthy dedictory inscription.
113 (28.7 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
In Japan prior to 1966.
LITERATURE:
Saburo Matsubara, Chugoku bukkyo chokokushi
ron (The Path of Buddhist Sculpture), vol. 1, Early Six
Dynasties, Tokyo, 1995, p. 248, fig. b.
Saburo Matsubara, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Tokyo,
1966, p.106, fig. c.

東魏ǎ天平ो年 年
ǎ灰⊅ζ˕尊⒤像
Ϝ源
年ע已抵日本
֨ḛ
松原˕郎
Ǘ中४ṷ教雕ח史ゲǘ
卷ˏ 魏晉南٫朝ע期
東̺
年
頁
圖C
松原˕郎
Ǘ中य़ṷ教彫ח史研②ǘ
東̺
年
頁
圖D

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
~ⱷ737
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING ATTENDANT 重要日本私人珍藏
BODHISATTVA
EASTERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 534-550) 東魏 銅鎏金菩薩
來源:
The figure is shown wearing long, loose robes belted at the waist, with the
left hand in abhaya mudra. The face has a serene expression and is backed by 重要日本私人珍藏, 入藏於1968年前, 後家族傳承
a petal-shaped nimbus decorated with flames. The figure is shown standing 展覽:
on a lotus base above a coiled dragon-form support, from which projects an
attachment pin. 香川県, 香川県文化會館, 「日本美術の源流: 古代中國美術」, 1968年
出版:
4æ in. (12 cm.) high, hardwood stand, softwood box
《日本美術の源流：古代中國美術》, 香川県, 1968年, 編號F9
$10,000-15,000 和泉市久保惣記念美術館, 《六朝时代の金銅仏》, 和泉市, 1991年, 編號 110
PROVENANCE:
Important private Japanese collection, prior to 1968, and thence by descent
within the family.
EXHIBITED:
Kagawa Prefecture, Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall, Ancient Chinese Art -
The Origin of Japanese Art, Kagawa, 1968.
(reverse)
LITERATURE:
Ancient Chinese Art - The Origin of Japanese Art, Kagawa, 1968, F9.
Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Gilt Bronze Buddha in Six Dynasties, Izumi,
1991, no. 110.
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