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A CARVED STONE STELE
NORTHERN WEI / NORTHERN QI
DYNASTY
carved in high relief with Guanyin standing at the center
of a wide rectangular plinth, the Goddess of Compassion
framed by a tall petal-shaped mandorla and ! anked at
either side by a haloed standing attendant, each of the
three " gures positioned atop a lotus blossom, Guanyin
dressed in robes, a dhoti, and a lobed diadem with the
head bowed and the pendent left hand and raised right
hand each holding an object, the robed attendants
with their heads bowed and hands clasped at the chest
within sleeves, traces of red, black, and green pigment
throughout, the reverse unadorned, the base drilled and
a# xed to a wood stand (2)
Height 13⅞ in., 35.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 11th September 1969,
lot 77.
J. T. Tai & Co., New York.
Sotheby’s New York, 14th September 2011, lot 307.
An inscribed marble stele dated 551 C.E. of the same
subject and form, and of similar size, from the collection
of Sakamoto Gorō sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th
October 2013, lot 137.
$ 25,000-35,000
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A LIMESTONE SARCOPHAGUS-FORM
BUDDHIST RELIQUARY
TANG DYNASTY
of rectangular section, the exterior carved in low relief
to one long side with a depiction of the parinirvana, the
Buddha in repose surrounded by " ve grieving monks, the
opposite side with " ve long-robed bodhisattvas in varying
poses, one short end depicting the Buddhist triad, the
other plain, the arched cover carved with a central lotus
bloom trailing foliate scrolls to either side (2)
Length 14½ in., 36.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Woodard Elyn Kimes Hildreth (b. 1918).
O+ ered at Sotheby’s New York, 3rd December, 1986,
lot 279A.
Collection of Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Hughart.
$ 20,000-30,000
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