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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FONG CHOW, FORMER CURATOR, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
A GREY LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (618-907), LONGMEN CAVES
Details
A GREY LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (618-907), LONGMEN CAVES
Shown holding an elixir bottle in the left hand and standing in a tribhanga pose atop a lotus base, dressed in long robes and a jeweled necklace trailing down over the waist-tied dhoti, the hair pulled up into a tall chignon behind the jeweled tiara
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high
TANG DYNASTY (618-907), LONGMEN CAVES
Shown holding an elixir bottle in the left hand and standing in a tribhanga pose atop a lotus base, dressed in long robes and a jeweled necklace trailing down over the waist-tied dhoti, the hair pulled up into a tall chignon behind the jeweled tiara
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high
Provenance
S.H. Hoo, New York, prior to 1963.
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