YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL WOOD FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
Well carved standing on a lotus base, and shown holding a conch shell in the left hand and a mala bead in the right, wearing layered robes partially wrapped around the hips and with long sleeves, the skirt tapering towards the small feet, the face finely carved with crisp features beneath the five-point foliate crown hung with ribbons, with traces of gilding and black and dark green pigment
15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Connecticut Private Collection.

Lot Essay

A similar wood figure of a bodhisattva of this size shown standing atop a similar base, but with hands clasped before the chest, and also dated to the Yuan dynasty, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 10 June 1991, lot 536. On both figures the skirt tapers towards the feet, as it does on a slightly smaller related wood figure of a bodhisattva standing on a very similar base illustrated in the catalogue of the Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, 1 November 1941 - 30 April 1942, no. 960.

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