STATUETTE DE BODHISATTVA EN CALCAIRE GRIS

CHINE, DYNASTIE WEI DU NORD, GROTTES DE LONGMEN, VÈME-VIÈME SIECLE

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STATUETTE DE BODHISATTVA EN CALCAIRE GRIS
CHINE, DYNASTIE WEI DU NORD, GROTTES DE LONGMEN, Vème-VIème SIECLE
Représenté assis en padmasana, les mains en abhaya-varada mudra, vêtu de la robe monastique lui couvrant les épaules et retombant le long de son corps en plissés souples et délicats, le visage serein, la bouche fine, le nez aquilin, les yeux en amande rehaussés de sourcils arqués, les cheveux coiffés en un haut chignon ; socle ; cassures restaurées
Hauteur: 30,4 cm. (11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Ancienne Collection de Richard McConigal Esq
Sotheby's Londres, 30 Juin 1964, lot 64

Further details

A GREY LIMESTONE FIGURE OF SEATED BODHISATTVA
CHINA, NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, LONGMEN CAVES, 5TH/6TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Compare the current sculpture to a very similar piece illustrated in The Buddha in the Dragon Gate, Buddhist sculpture of the 5th-9th centuries from Longmen, China, the Etnografisch Museum Antwerpen, 22 March to 27 June 2001, pp.98-99 and front cover. The Buddha seats in padmasana, both hands in abhaya-varada mudra gestures of protection-invitation and compassion. He wears the triple robe, the samkakshika fastened at the breast, both falling in cascade of folds in the Northern Wei Longmen style.
See also Hai-Wai Yi-Chen, Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Buddhist Sculpture II, The National Palace Museum, Taipei 1990, p.13, pl.10., where another very close sculpture from The Bristish Museum is illustrated

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