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A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE
FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618), DATED BY
INSCRIPTION TO THE 9TH YEAR OF KAIHUANG
(AD 589)
The slender fgure is shown standing with right hand raised in abhaya mudra
and left hand pendent, standing in front of the a faming mandorla on top of the
tall base with four splayed legs and with an inscription on two sides.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
$80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.
EXHIBITED
Nara, Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Special Exhibition of Chinese Gilt Bronze
Statues of Buddhism from Japanese Collections, 2 October-8 November 1992,
cat. no. 54.
隋開皇九年（公元589年） 鎏金銅菩薩立像
(inscriptions)
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