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WESTERN TIBET, 8TH/9TH CENTURY
Details
A rare polychromed terracotta stele
Western Tibet, 8th/9th century
Molded with a standing Buddha at center over a double lotus base, his left hand raised and his right hand lowered in the gesture of compassion, clad in a long diaphanous robe, his tightly curled hair rising to an ushnisha surmounted by a gold finial, flanked by Bodhisattvas on either side and inset in arched niches, all over a stepped plinth with remains of polychromy overall
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Western Tibet, 8th/9th century
Molded with a standing Buddha at center over a double lotus base, his left hand raised and his right hand lowered in the gesture of compassion, clad in a long diaphanous robe, his tightly curled hair rising to an ushnisha surmounted by a gold finial, flanked by Bodhisattvas on either side and inset in arched niches, all over a stepped plinth with remains of polychromy overall
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 16-17 March 1988, lot 35
Literature
G. Tucci, Templi del Tibet Occidental e il Loro Simbolismo Artistico, Part III, Tsaparang, Indo Tibetica III, Rome, 1936, p. 74, color pl. XXX