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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 607

A CARVED LIMESTONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA , SUI DYNASTY
Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD

A CARVED LIMESTONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
SUI DYNASTY
隋 石灰石雕菩薩首像

the round face carved with a peaceful countenance, with large, bowed downcast eyes below arched brows and above the full nose
and lips, crowned by an elaborate crown festooned with medallions and scrolling curls, with lobed rosettes issuing tassels and tied
with sashes at each terminal, with traces of polychrome pigment, wood stand (2)

Height 15¾ in., 40 cm

Provenance
Collection of Ernest (d. 1964) and Charlotte Goldsmith.
Collection of Stephen E. Goldsmith (1944-2009), and thence by descent.

來源
Ernest (1964年逝) 及 Charlotte Goldsmith 伉儷收藏
Stephen E. Goldsmith (1944-2009) 收藏，此後家族傳承

Catalogue Note
Sumptuously carved with fleshy cheeks, broad arched brows and a large straight nose that leads the eye down to the plump lips,
these features exemplify a crucial sculptural transition from the linear and structured depictions of bodhisattvas of the preceding
Northern Qi (550-577) and Northern Zhou (557-581) periods to the fully rounded and fleshy forms of the Tang dynasty (618-907).

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