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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION ~257
256 A GILT-BRONZE STANDING SCULPTURE OF
A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BODHISATTVA BODHISATTVA
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY) UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH-9TH CENTURY)
Solid cast, the slender figure ornamented with a garland necklace The bodhisattva holding the identifying urn in the left palm and
across the neck and torso and drapery flowing in long, looping pleats wearing drapery knotted at the waist and falling in narrow trails
from the waist and with remainders of further drapery that originally from the shoulders, the hair gathered up into a high coiffure, the
enwrapped the arms and that ends in an upward sweep above the reverse of the figure with three oblong channels, a mounting peg
feet, the head cast with a raised crown, the reverse side of the head between the shoulders
with a mounting peg 7√ in. (20 cm.) high
5Ω in. (14 cm.) high With hardwood stand
$7,000-9,000 $30,000-40,000

PROVENANCE:
Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent
within the family