拍品 238
238
A Gilded and Painted Wood Group of Wenshu
A Gilded and Painted Wood Group of Wenshu

MING DYNASTY

细节
A Gilded and Painted Wood Group of Wenshu
Ming Dynasty
The bodhisattva wearing layered robes with upswept sleeves shown seated in lalitasana atop a lotus socle supported on the back of a large lion wearing a belled collar and tassle-hung trappings, its head turned to the side by an attendant pulling on a rope tied around the lion's neck, traces of gilding and red, black and blue pigment
16in. (42.5cm.) high

拍品专文

This subject is seen as early as the Tang dynasty, as evidenced by the small white marble sculpture in the sale, lot 237. Compare the similar wood carving which appears to be of similar size in the Museum Fr Vlkerkunde, West Germany illustrated by Hai-wai Zhen, Chinese Art in Overseas Collections: Buddhist Sculpture (II), Taiwan, 1990, p. 190, no. 180.