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3 A RARE SANDSTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF AN APSARA
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY
ࡄ偼 ᇖⴠ䰂丈๖
the graceful spirit shown in three-quarter view, kneeling on the proper left leg, with the right arm resting on the
bent right knee, the left arm raised high and holding a floral medallion, the torso turned frontally, adorned in
robes vertically incised, the head tilted and looking up, the serene face with a benevolent expression, the thick
locks of hair swept up into a high topknot, mounted and supported on a stone stand (2)
Height 21¼in., 54 cm
$ 100,000-150,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Yamanaka & Co., April 1943. ᆞ͚ੳᰰ喑1943Ꭱ4ᰵ
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New York, ᑄ㭚ٸɀࢎ㒲喍Ⱄ㟦呸㎩Шϧ喎喑㈽㈱喑1961Ꭱ11
15th November 1961. ᰵ15ᬒ
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓喍1978Ꭱ䕊喎ᩣ㫼
EXHIBITED ᆂ㻪
Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, Ⴅ㜴₤टࢇ➖乕喑↰ൎ喑ᓤጋ喑1953Ꭱ12ᰵ
Texas, December 1953. о䵀㒻㶀乕喑о䵀喑ᓤጋ喑1953Ꭱ12ᰵ
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, ≈❫㬊㶀ࢇ➖乕喑߿❫㧸ጰ❫喑҈ጋ喑1954Ꭱ9ᰵ
December 1953. Ꮪ䵀喑ፂ㫖䔗㈺喑ߍጋ喑1954Ꭱ10ᰵ
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, ℁ϋ㬊㶀ࢇ➖乕喑℁ϋ喑ࢄࢎ㒲ҳ㈺ጋ喑
September 1954. 1956Ꭱ2ᰵ
The Huntington, Pasadena, California,
October 1954.
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South
Carolina, February 1956.
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