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A LARGE SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
Northern Qi Dynasty or later
Carved with slanted downcast eyes, beneath arched
brows and well-formed lips curved in a gentle smile,
crowned with a foliate tiara ornamented with jewels, and
a central image of the Amitabha Buddha, wood stand.
38cm (15in) high (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,900 - 13,000

北齊或更晚 砂岩觀音頭像

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de
Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian
Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice
and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of
Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess
Maragaretha d’Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de
Marchio (1894 – 1986).
Acquired from Mathias Komor, Beijing, 7 October 1940.

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵
（1887-1968）及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，
塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵（1894-1986）伉儷收藏
於1940年10月7日購自北平古董商Mathias Komor

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For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot THE MARCHESE AND MARCHESA
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. TALIANI DE MARCHIO COLLECTION | 75