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PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
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A LIMESTONE BODHISATTVA HEAD
Northern Wei dynasty, Longmen caves
A slender elongated face, with a gentle smile, the hair parted at the
center and wearing a high, pointed crown, the stone of a taupe cast,
with a wood stand.
6 1/4in (15.8cm) high
US$10,000 - 15,000
北魏 龍門石窟 石灰岩觀音頭像
Provenance
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Chinese Art from Collection of Tonying & Co
Inc, 5 April 1956, lot 158
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