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A SMALL WHITE MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A BODHISATTVA Sui dynasty image 1
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
Lot 131
A SMALL WHITE MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A BODHISATTVA
Sui dynasty
Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
20 March 2023, 13:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$1,402.50 inc. premium

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A SMALL WHITE MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A BODHISATTVA

Sui dynasty
The deity with solemn expression wearing a high crown, holding a lotus bud in his right hand and a peach-shaped instrument in his left hand, dressed in a long robe with flowy sash over the shoulders, adorned with flat jeweled panel at his chest, the back flat and plain, the stone softly polished, with patches of eroded areas and encrustations; metal stand.
5 7/8in (15cm) high

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隋 漢白玉菩薩殘件

A very similar white marble bodhisattva dated by inscription to the sixth year of Kaihuang (A.D. 586), unearthed in Quyang, Hebei province, is illustrated by Feng Hejun in Quyang baishi zaoxiang yanjiu (Research on White Stone Religious Figures in Quyang), Beijing, 2005, p. 111, no. 51.

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