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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION PROVENANCE
918 Carl Jung (1875-1961) Collection, Zurich, by repute.
Frances G. Wickes (1875-1967) Collection, New York.
A GREY LIMESTONE BUDDHIST STELE Priscilla Luke Collection, New York, by 1961.
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Edith Noss Collection, New Jersey, 1962.
Ellie Whitney Collection, New Jersey, 1995.
The arched niche is centered by a fgure of Buddha seated in dhyanasana on
a pedestal throne, his right hand raised and his left resting on his knee. He is Compare the stone stele of this shape that is similarly
fanked by a pair of bodhisattvas, one of whom holds a willow branch and a carved in high relief with a seated fgure of Buddha
kundika vase. An inscription carved below may be translated as “Zhangjian fanked by two bodhisattvas standing on waisted lotus
respectfully made this in the frst year, third month, frst day of the Hejing reign plinths, that bears a dedicatory inscription dated to the
on Daqi,” and another inscription on the proper left side, may be translated second year of Jingyun (AD 711), illustrated by Li JIngjie
“collected by Ruan family from Yangzhou in the seventh year of Jiaqing (1802),” in Shifo Xuancui (Essence of Buddhistic Statues), Beijing,
followed by a two-character seal, Bo Yuan (Ruan Yuan’s courtesy name). 1995, p. 73, no. 53. The inscription states that the stele
was donated by Lu Zhaoshun.
13¬ in. (34.6 cm.) high
唐 石灰岩雕佛三尊碑像
$12,000-18,000
(inscription)
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