Lot Essay
The dedicatory inscription dated to Wuping fifth year (AD 574), fifth month, twenty-ninth day, also bears the name of the maker, Liang Taihe.
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NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED FIFTH YEAR OF WUPING, CORRESPONDING TO AD 574, AND OF THE PERIOD.
Details
A Rare Dated Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Bodhisattva
Northern Qi dynasty, inscribed fifth year of Wuping, corresponding to AD 574, and of the period.
The figure well cast standing on a domed plinth on an integral openwork platform, with hands in abhaya and varada mudras, wearing a beaded necklace, a shawl that flares outwards and layered robes that also flare in graceful folds either side of the bare feet, the head surmounted by a lotus-petal crown hung with pendent ribbons and backed by a petal-cast nimbus surrounded by the flame-form mandorla, the dated inscription incised on the sides
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) high, fitted wood box, wood stand
Northern Qi dynasty, inscribed fifth year of Wuping, corresponding to AD 574, and of the period.
The figure well cast standing on a domed plinth on an integral openwork platform, with hands in abhaya and varada mudras, wearing a beaded necklace, a shawl that flares outwards and layered robes that also flare in graceful folds either side of the bare feet, the head surmounted by a lotus-petal crown hung with pendent ribbons and backed by a petal-cast nimbus surrounded by the flame-form mandorla, the dated inscription incised on the sides
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) high, fitted wood box, wood stand
Provenance
Acquired in December 1993.
Literature
Zhongguo Lidai Jinian Foxiang Tudian (Illustrated Chinese Buddha Images Through the Ages), Beijing, 1995, p. 306, no. 225.