CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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A GREY LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A STANDING BODHISATTVA
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bodhisattva shown standing on a lotus base with the hips swayed, and dressed in an ankle-length dhoti secured at the waist with a sash, the face with bow-shaped mouth and almond-shaped eyes, the hair tied in a topknot with locks escaping over the shoulders
21 ¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high, stand

Provenance

C.T. Loo and Co., New York, by 1941.
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1984.

Literature

Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C.T. Loo and Co., New York, 1941, no. 943.
A. Martin, “American Mandarin,” Connoisseur, November 1984, p. 99.
A. Juliano, “Robert H. Ellsworth Treasures the East,” Architectural Digest, October 1985, p. 108.

Exhibited

Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C.T. Loo and Co., New York, 1 November 1941-30 April 1942, no. 943.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Compare the muscular modeling of the torso, the gentle sway of the hips, and the cascading drapery on the legs with a similar example in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated in O. Sirén, Chinese Sculpture: From the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, vol. II, 1925, (1988 ed.), pl. 377.

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