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A RARE LONGMEN CARVED STONE MAITREYA FRAGMENT

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A RARE LONGMEN CARVED STONE MAITREYA FRAGMENT
six dynasties

Seated cross-legged with the right hand raised in abhayamudra, the left hand resting on the head of one of the pair of Buddhistic lions flanking the figure, an attendant supporting the feet, wearing a beaded necklace and pendent earrings, all under a high flaring head-dress, old repair
14½in. (37cm.) high, metal stand

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Cf. the similar sculpture exhibited by Eskenazi and illustrated in Ancient Chinese Sculpture, Catalogue, June- July 1978, no.8; and others illustrated by O.Siren in Chinese Sculpture in the von der Heydt Collection, nos.11 and 12, in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich; by W.Willetts in Foundations of Chinese Art, pl.122; by Annette L. Juliano in Art of the Six Dynasties, pl.50, in the Fogg Art Museum; by René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brundage Collection, pl.35; and by Alan Priest in Chinese Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Chinese Art, pl.XXIII, cat.no.13

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