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A CARVED STONE FIGURE OF A BUDDHA
Late Six Dynasties
The figure carved with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra and
his left hand clutching the ends of his outer garment as he sits in
meditation on a tall plinth supporting remains of a stele rising behind
him, the walls of the plinth showing traces of a dedicatory inscription.
8in (20.2cm) high

US$5,000 - 7,000

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

8200
A SMALL WHITE MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE
Northern Qi dynasty
The standing figure possibly depicting Guanyin dressed in a lotus petal
crown and a shoulder scarf that crosses at the waist level of his long
robe to fall over the right arm raised and the left lowered with indefinite
attributes in each hand, the curving support beneath his feet trimmed
with further overlapping lotus petals in contrast to the rough surface of
the rectangular base and leaf-shaped nimbus rising behind him.
13 1/2 (34.2cm) height of the stele

US$3,000 - 4,000

For a larger and more elaborate marble stele depicting two similar
standing figures of Avalokiteshvara, dated by inscription to 562 under
the Northern Qi, excavated from the Xiude temple site in Quyang
district, Hobei province, see Terukazu Akiyama and Saburo Matsubara,
Arts of China: Buddhist Cave Temples, New Researches, Kodansha,
1969, no. 193, p. 189 and p. 240 (54cm height overall).