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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 北齊 鎏金銅半跏思惟佛像
A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PENSIVE
BODHISATTVA 展覽：
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY 《金銅佛造像特展圖錄》，國立故宮博物院，台
北，1985年，圖版69
cast seated in rajalilasana, the right elbow rested on the
raised right knee, clad in a long dhoti falling into neat pleats 出版：
and draped over with a shawl, the face with a benevolent 松原三郎，《中國仏教彫刻史論》，東京，1995年，
expression, crowned with a three-leaf diadem extended to 卷2，圖版484a
long tassels falling down the sides of the figure, the reverse
of the head with a loop for the attachment of a mandorla, all
supported on a cylindrical base, fitted gilt wood stand
the figure 8.2 cm, 3¼ in.
EXHIBITED
The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom. Special Exhibition
Catalog of the Buddhist Bronzes from the Nitta Group
Collection, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1985, pl. 69.
LITERATURE
Matsubara Saburō, Chūgoku bukkyō chōkoku shiron/The
Path of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Tokyo, 1995, vol. 2, pl.
484a.

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