SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

Details

A CARVED WOOD HEAD OF BODHISATTVA
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
18 1⁄8 in. (46.3 cm) high

Provenance

An American Private Collection
The collector was based in Japan during 1946-1950, when he most likely acquired this sculpture. He relocated back to California to become a leading film producer, working with stars such as Marylin Monroe. He passed away in California in 2011

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Lot Essay

A comparable wood head of Boddhisatva is published in Lubor Hájek and Werner Forman, A Book of Chinese Art: Four Thousand Years of Sculpture, Painting, Bronze, Jade, Lacquer and Porcelain, London, 1966, no. 142. For another similar rendering of a wood head of Boddhisatva, see Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Sculpture 9, Figures in Wood, Bamboo and Dry-lacquer, Beijing, 2009, p. 26, no. 6.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the carbon 14 test result from Paleo Labo
Radiocarbon Dating, issued on 9 June 2021, no. 21-00087.

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