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8 AN EXCEPTIONAL LARGE LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY
ⴠ▝ⴠ䰂㤖㫖⿸
carved in an elegantly eased standing posture with the proper right hand raised, holding vestiges of a kalasa,
the left hand lowered and lightly lifting a draped sash and garments, the hair gathered high in a neatly spiraled
topknot encircled by a diadem and falling down the back in coiled locks, the full face carved with arched brows
sweeping above gently opened almond eyes, the plump lips carved with a clearly defined bowed outline and
painted a bright red, with three incised lines to the neck above a necklace of geometric pendants, a sash swept
diagonally over the bare chest and naturalistically fleshy torso, a diaphanous dhoti masterfully carved over the
legs in cascading folds following the attitude of the hips and the slightly bent leg, with traces of red, blue, green,
and gilt pigments, supported on an octagonal base of lotus petals over a waist of rectangular panels above a
further tier of petals
Height 39½ in., 100 cm
$ 1,500,000-2,500,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Mrs. Christian R. Holmes Christian R Holmes ๘ϧ喍1871þ1941喎ᩣ㫼
(1871–1941). Parke Bernet Galleries喑㈽㈱喑1942Ꭱ4ᰵ15㜠
Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 15th-18th 18ᬒ喑㌕㮌386
April 1942, lot 386. Nagatani Inc 喑㟊ߍ喑1962Ꭱ11ᰵ1ᬒ
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1st November 1962. ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓喍1978Ꭱ䕊喎ᩣ㫼
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III, (d. 1978).
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