Lot 88
88
A INSCRIBED GILT-BRONZE STANDING BODHISATTVA
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A INSCRIBED GILT-BRONZE STANDING BODHISATTVA

NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)

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A INSCRIBED GILT-BRONZE STANDING BODHISATTVA
Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577)
Finely cast with the Bodhisattva standing on a lotus base raised on an integral four-legged stand, holding a lotus stem, the face with benign and smiling features, wearing a crown-like cap, the belted robes falling in folds, standing before a flame-shaped mandorla cast in shallow-relief with flames, the stand and reverse with an inscription, some rubbing to gilding
9¾ in. (24.9 cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Acquired in December 1989.

Padnapani, the lotus-bearing manifestation of Avalokitesvara, was a popular religious figure in the early period of Chinese Buddhism and is represented in many images of the 5th-10th centuries.

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