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A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
Tang dynasty, 8th century
The serene face with softly rounded cheeks and eyes downcast beneath arched brows, the
hair tied in a high chignon and encircled by a tiara with a sash flowing behind each elongated
earlobe, fixed metal stand.
5in (12.7cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000
唐八世紀 大理石菩薩頭像
Provenance
Christie’s Los Angeles, Treasures of the Tang, sale 8970, 4 December 1998, lot 38
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