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A GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE
OF A BODHISATTVA

SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618)

The bodhisattva, shown standing on a waisted lotus base, holds a pearl in the
raised right hand and one end of the long, looped, tassel-hung bead necklace
in the left hand, and wears a skirt secured by a sash at the waist and scarves
that are draped around the shoulders, body and arms. The round face is
fanked by long ribbons that fall from the ornament-adorned headdress.
7æ in. (19.8 cm.) high

$15,000-18,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.
The graceful, slightly swayed stance and style of the clothing and adornment
seen on this fgure are typical of the depiction of bodhisattvas during the
Sui period. Two comparable fgures are illustrated by Jin Shen in Hai wai ji
Gang Yai cang li dai fo xiang: zhen ping ji nian tu jian (Catalogue of Treasures
of Buddhist Sculpture in Overseas Collections Including Hong Kong and
Taiwan), Shanxi, 2007, p. 479.

隋 鎏金銅菩薩立像

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