A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

SUI DYNASTY, 6TH CENTURY

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
SUI DYNASTY, 6TH CENTURY
Shown standing on a lotus petal plinth holding a cintamani in the left hand, the right hand pendent, wearing beaded jewelry, looped chains and a jeweled crown hung with long ribbons, the head framed by a flame-bordered mandorla with protruding peg in back, with two further pegs pendent from the base
5½ in. (14 cm.) high, wood stand, box

Provenance

J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 5 March 1987.

Exhibited

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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Lot Essay

A gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva, of this type and date, which stands on a pedestal between two smaller figures, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Zui tou no bijutsu, The Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art, 1976, p. 45, no. 3-50. Another, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is illustrated by C. Deydier, Chinese Bronzes, Paris, 1980, p. 160, pl. 126.

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