Lot 156
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A LARGE PAINTED PALE GREY STONE TORSO OF BUDDHA
A LARGE PAINTED PALE GREY STONE TORSO OF BUDDHA

SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY

Details
A LARGE PAINTED PALE GREY STONE TORSO OF BUDDHA
Sui/Early Tang Dynasty
The standing figure wearing a monk's robes simply and elegantly defined by the deeply scored lines of drapery which subtly follow the contours of the body, with traces of a large patchwork pattern painted in dark red on the back and minor traces of cream and dark red pigment and gilding on the front
29in. (75.6cm.) high, stand

Lot Essay

Compare a slightly earlier figure dated to late Northern Qi/early Sui dynasty with robes depicted in a similarly flattened manner, but with the U-shaped folds centered, illustrated by Saburo Matsubara, The Path of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Tokyo, 1995, vol.2, p. 495. Refer, also, to the marble figure of Buddha dated Sui/early Tang dynasty, carved with widely spaced, flattened U-shaped folds and a slightly more defined body, included in the exhibition, Sculpture and Ornament in early Chinese Art, Eskenazi, London, June 11 - July 13 1996, Catalogue, no. 31.