A Rare Painted Stucco Relief of Buddha

SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY

Details

A Rare Painted Stucco Relief of Buddha
Sui/early Tang dynasty, circa late 6th century
Possibly from Dunhuang, molded in relief with the Buddha seated in dhyanasana in front of a mandorla, wearing full robes, the whole painted in white, tan, brown, cream and pale milky green pigments
9in. (22.8cm.) high, lucite stand
Falk Collection no. 546.

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York, December 1962.

Literature

Y.Yashiro, Early Buddha Images in Relief Excavated from Tun-Huang, Bijutsu Kenkyu, no. CXXXV, vol. II, 1944, illustrated pl. XI, fig. 2, facing page 82.

Exhibited

The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1957, no. 27.
On loan: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965 [L65.46.19].

Lot Essay

This rare stucco relief can be compared to a somewhat larger image of the Buddha (14 1/2 in. high), also shown seated before a rounded mandorla, identified as being from Dunhaung, illustrated in Chugoku kodai chokoku ten, Tokyo, 1959, pl. J.

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