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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A RARE LARGE PAINTED AND GILT
STUCCO FIGURE OF A SEATED
BODHISATTVA
SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 960-1368)
35q in. (90.2 cm.) high, softwood stand
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Columbia
University.
Arthur M. Sackler Foundation.
This stucco sculpture of a bodhisattva was made
with clay and lime combined with a binding
material applied over a wood core, before
finely being colored with mineral pigments.
Buddhist stucco figures were popular from the
Tang dynasty onwards, and many spectacular
examples have been found in temples in Shanxi
province, known for its vast quantity of Buddhist
monasteries. Because of Shanxi province’s
dry climate, wood and stucco sculptures
were more easily preserved and there are still
examples preserved from the earlier dynasties
and many extant well-preserved examples of
Buddhist stucco figures, particularly from the
Ming and Qing dynasties. Compare the Song
dynasty painted stucco bodhisattva illustrated
1125 in Shanxi foujiao caisu (Buddhist Sculpture of
Shanxi Province), Beijing, 1991, pl. 77 and 78,
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK CITY COLLECTION which has similarly rendered facial features and
1125 robes to those of the present figure. This figure
has remarkably well-preserved pigments and
A RARE LARGE LIMESTONE 'DRAGON-FORM' CAPITAL still retains the design on its elaborate floral-
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644) patterned robes.
10q in. (26.7 cm.) high, 23º in. (59 cm.) wide, 24 in. (60.1 cm.) deep, tielimu

columnar support 私́珍藏
宋 元ǎ泥塑漆金菩薩ঙ像
$8,000-12,000
Ϝ源
PROVENANCE:
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珍藏
Ever Arts Classic Furniture Ltd., Hong Kong, 6 April 1998.
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紐☼私́珍藏
宋 明ǎ⊅灰岩龍紋柱頭
Ϝ源
恆藝館
香港
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A STONE HEAD OF A DEITY
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
10q in. (26.5 cm.) high

$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch (1874-1959) Collection, New York.

元ǎ⊅雕仙́頭像
Ϝ源
7MBEJNJS (SFHPSJFWJUDI 4JNLIPWJUDI
珍藏
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