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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 602
AN INSCRIBED LIMESTONE BUDDHIST STELE, NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED DINGHAI YEAR,
CORRESPO NDING TO 387, 447 OR 507
Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD
AN INSCRIBED LIMESTONE BUDDHIST STELE
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED DINGHAI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 387, 447 OR 507
北魏丁亥年（387、447或507年） 石灰石雕佛三尊像
the central Buddha standing on a narrow rectangular base, the body draped in a voluminous robe gathered at the chest and
cascading in fine rippling pleats, stopping at the ankles to reveal the bare feet, the right hand in abhaya mudra and the left
gathering up the long sleeve, the figure flanked by two attendant bodhisattvas, one holding a lotus bud in each hand, all against a
low-relief ground of vases issuing floral and foliate scrolls, the narrow sides with broad floral scrolls, the reverse carved with
registers of the 'Thousand Buddha' motif and inscribed at the lower half
銘文（部分）：
丁亥 唯那賈念唯□□ 諸法儀造立釋迦聞佛石 皇帝殿下 太子太
Height 30¼ in., 76.8 cm
Provenance
Michel Beurdelay, Paris, 1980s.
來源
Michel Beurdelay，巴黎，1980年代
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