A LARGE PAINTED PALE GREY STONE TORSO OF BUDDHA

SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY

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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

拍品專文

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.