拍品專文
Refer to the footnote for lot 301
細節
A RARE AND IMPORTANT TANG DYNASTY LARGE STONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
CIRCA 700, FROM THE LONGMEN CAVES
The supple-bodied deity standing in a sinuous pose on a lotus base with left hip thrust to the side below the raised left hand, the right arm pendent by her side, the high topknot above serene facial features with eyes half-closed and lips in a faint smile, dressed in a diaphanous dhoti knotted at the waist and falling in gentle 'U' folds to the hem from under which the feet protrude, with narrow shawls draping her shoulders and crossing the bare torso below a necklace with pendent jewels, the surface covered with a pale brownish patina and with traces of pale green and red pigment
Approx. 48in. (122cm.) high
CIRCA 700, FROM THE LONGMEN CAVES
The supple-bodied deity standing in a sinuous pose on a lotus base with left hip thrust to the side below the raised left hand, the right arm pendent by her side, the high topknot above serene facial features with eyes half-closed and lips in a faint smile, dressed in a diaphanous dhoti knotted at the waist and falling in gentle 'U' folds to the hem from under which the feet protrude, with narrow shawls draping her shoulders and crossing the bare torso below a necklace with pendent jewels, the surface covered with a pale brownish patina and with traces of pale green and red pigment
Approx. 48in. (122cm.) high
來源
Sir Ernest Debenhem (sold Sotheby's London, November 22, 1946, lot 56)
Mark Oliver, London, 1958
Barlings, London, 1959
Stephen Junkunc, III, Chicago
Mark Oliver, London, 1958
Barlings, London, 1959
Stephen Junkunc, III, Chicago