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A SMALL STONE HEAD OF
A BODHISATTVA
SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618)
The face, which is carved with small mouth, downcast
eyes and angled brows, is framed by pendent earrings
and ribbons that trail from the ‘jeweled’ crown.
4 in. (10.4 cm.) high, wood stand
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.
A limestone fgure of a standing bodhisattva
(50.8 cm. high) dated to the Sui dynasty, in the
National Museum of Asian Art - Guimet, Paris, has
a head and crown similar to those of the present
example, and is illustrated in Comprehensive
Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in
Overseas Collections, vol. 4, Beijing, 2005, pl. 846.
隋 石灰岩雕菩薩頭像
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