NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)

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A LARGE CHINESE GREY LIMESTONE TORSO OF BUDDHA
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)
Carved standing with the right hand raised, possibly in abhaya mudra, the left arm lowered along the side of the body, possibly in varada mudra, wearing a long flowing robe delicately carved with drapes falling fluently following the contours of the body
101 cm. (39 in.) high

Provenance

with Zen Oriental Art Gallery, Brussels.

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Lot Essay

The sensitivity of carving, light soft garments closely clinging to the body, crisp treatment of the gracefully draped folds relate this figure to the Northern Qi period. It can be related to other similar figures of this period. The closest example is illustrated in The Art of Contemplation, Religious Sculpture from Private Collection, National Palace Museum, Taipei 1997, pl. 27; see also the two figures of similar sizes from the Ching-Ya T'ang Collection and the Shih-yu Shan-fang Collection illustrated in Ancient Chinese Sculpture II, Kaoshung Museum of Art, Taiwan 2000, pl. 20 and 21; A larger complete figurte is in the Royal Ontario Museum, illustrated in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen, Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Buddhist Sculpture I, National Palace Museum, Taipei 1998, pl. 37.

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