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5 A SUPERBLY CARVED AND EXTREMELY LARGE LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
TANG DYNASTY

਽ ⴠ▝ⴠ䰂҈仃׼
the deity carved with a full face, with high arched brows above hooded eyes, half-closed in a sublimely serene
countenance, with rounded full cheeks, the lips full and bowed, the face framed by tightly coiled hair above the
smooth forehead and over the ushnisha, mounted on a high pedestal (2)
Height 27½ in., 70 cm

$ 2,000,000-3,000,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Tonying & Company, Inc. 䕇䕸ڙथ
Parke-Bernet Galleries, 30th-31st March Parke Bernet Galleries喑1955Ꭱ3ᰵ30㜠31ᬒ喑
1955, lot 301. ㌕㮌301
Collection of Jay C. Leff (1925-2000). Jay C Le" 喍1925 2000喎ᩣ㫼
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓喍1978Ꭱ䕊喎ᩣ㫼

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