SUI-EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY

The graceful, slightly swayed stance and style of the clothing and adornment seen on this figure are typical of the depiction of bodhisattvas during the Sui-early Tang period. Two comparable figures are illustrated by Jin Shen in Hai wai ji Gang Yai cang li dai fo xiang: zhen ping ji nian tu jian (Catalogue of Treasures of Buddhist Sculpture in Overseas Collections Including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Shanxi, 2007, p. 479. See, also, the comparable gilt-bronze bodhisattva dated to the Sui dynasty sold in Treasures of the Noble Path: Early Buddhist Art from Japanese Collections; Christie’s New York, 14 September 2017, lot 817.