Lot Essay
Cf. similar examples in the Avery Brundage Collection, Catalogue, pp.94-5, no.35, and Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese Sculpture, Catalogue June-July 1978, pp.36-7, no.8
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LONGMEN GREY LIMESTONE CARVING OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA seated in European style with legs crossed, one hand raised with the palm facing outwards, the other lowered to rest on the knee, the face smiling (damaged), Late Northern Wei Dynasty
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A LONGMEN GREY LIMESTONE CARVING OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA seated in European style with legs crossed, one hand raised with the palm facing outwards, the other lowered to rest on the knee, the face smiling (damaged), Late Northern Wei Dynasty
27.5cm. high, stand
27.5cm. high, stand