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TRÈS RARE ET IMPORTANTE STATUE DE BODHISATTVA
EN BOIS
Dynastie Jin (1115-1234)
AN IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE LARGE WOOD
FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234 AD)
Powerfully poised with the right leg crossed in front of the left in
vajrasana, with the right hand resting on its knee in avakashamudra
and the left arm raised, the full upright torso with well-defined chest
and slightly rounded belly, wearing long flowing robes from the back
and gathered over the right shoulder and tied in a knot diagonally over
the chest and around the arms, amassing below the belly and tied
in a further knot, the chest adorned in high relief with gilt-lacquered
foliate-shaped necklace issuing buds and a central floriform pendant
and opening bud, the peaceful face set with the glass eyes downcast
in a serene expression, with full cheeks and vermillion coloured lips,
crowned with long well-defined hair plaited over the pendulous ears
and flowing onto the shoulders, made in sections, with traces of gilt-
lacquering, vermillion, copper-green, grey-black and azurite pigments.
82cm (32 1/4in) high x 71.5cm (28 1/8in) wide x 66.5cm
(26 3/16in) deep.
€1,000,000 - 1,500,000

Provenance:
Robert Rousset (1901-1982), Paris, prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset (1936-2021), Paris

The result of Re. S. Artes, C14 test no.R 144370C,
dated 19 July 2021, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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