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16 A GILT!BRONZE ALTAR STAND
TANG DYANASTY
䞲䢼䛾҈㜧Ꮤ
the rectangular pedestal supported on high corner legs joined by struts with barbed aprons, the front corners
with balustrades set with lotus-bud finials, enclosing two muscular lokapalas flanking a central figure of an
acolyte or Buddhist monk standing atop a lotus to the center, a fragment of a figure, possibly an apsara, to the
central front face, three rectangular apertures that would have originally supported a trinity of principal figures
behind, the reverse with later-inscribed dedicatory inscription translating to ‘respectfully made by Lin Shide for
parents on the 8th day in the 10th month of the 1st year of Xiping during Northern Wei’
Width 6½in., 16.5 cm
$ 40,000-60,000
ᒹߍ䟅᪴喟
๔偼⛆ᎠٰᎡᰵژᬒ ᳄ፘᓤ◧ώ❣ጞ䏘Ɽᆙ̭ܴⱫ⩌᪙䕍ᄷ
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓喍1978Ꭱ䕊喎ᩣ㫼
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