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PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF MARBLE BODHISATTVA GROUPS
LIAO-SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
Details
A PAIR OF MARBLE BODHISATTVA GROUPS
LIAO-SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
Each group comprises a pair of bodhisattvas standing on lotus bases, each wearing a loosely draped robe with sashes looped through a disc at the waist, the hair pulled into tall coiffures behind the foliate crowns, shown holding implements in their raised hands.
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high, stands
LIAO-SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
Each group comprises a pair of bodhisattvas standing on lotus bases, each wearing a loosely draped robe with sashes looped through a disc at the waist, the hair pulled into tall coiffures behind the foliate crowns, shown holding implements in their raised hands.
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high, stands
Provenance
Alan Priest (1898-1969), New York, by repute
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1968
Christian Humann (d.1981), New York, named the Pan-Asian Collection by 1977
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in 1982
Sold at Christie’s New York, The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV: Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics, 20 March 2015, lot 768
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1968
Christian Humann (d.1981), New York, named the Pan-Asian Collection by 1977
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in 1982
Sold at Christie’s New York, The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV: Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics, 20 March 2015, lot 768
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