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A LIMESTONE HEAD OF BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The oval face is sensitively carved with gently curving
eyes below the graceful arch of the brows, framed by the
long pendulous ears and the hair pulled up in a chignon
secured by a diadem and a headdress.
8 ¼ in. (22 cm.) high, wood stand
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000
PROVENANCE
C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, acquired in 1991
唐 石灰岩雕菩薩頭像
來源
慎德堂，台北，入藏於 1991 年
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