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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
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紐約私人珍藏
A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) 唐 銅鎏金菩薩立像
Cast standing on top of a circular base, the bodhisattva is shown with right 來源:
arm raised and left arm extending down and holding a long-necked bottle. The
懷古堂, 紐約, 1996年
figure is clothed in diaphanous robes knotted below the navel and bedecked
with chains, originally inset with jewels. A tab for attaching the mandorla 展覽:
protrudes from the upper back. 紐約, 懷古堂, 1996年
8¬ in. (21.2 cm.) high
出版:
《懷古堂》, 紐約, 1996年春季刊, 編號61
$50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE:
Kaikodo, New York, 1996.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Kaikodo, 1996.
LITERATURE:
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 1996, no. 61.
The present figure is a superb example of Tang dynasty sculpture with its
fine, sculptural details and the masterful casting of the luxurious drapery,
and elaborate jewelry. A related gilt-bronze figure dated to the Tang dynasty
which has similar posture, robes, and jewelry as the present figure is in the
Sano Art Museum, and is illustrated in Saburo Matsubara, Chugoku Bukkyo
Chokoku Shiron, Tokyo, 1995, vol. III, p. 704 (Fig. 1), where several other
related figures are illustrated pp. 699, 702 and 768.

Fig. 1 Standing
bodhisattva, Tang
dynasty, 8th century.
Sano Art Museum,
Mishima, Japan.
圖一 唐八世紀, 菩薩立像,
日本三島市佐野美術館藏

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