A MASSIVE CHINESE MARBLE TORSO OF A BODHISATTVA

TANG DYNASTY 618-907 AD

The standing figure adorned with ribbons and draped robes, raised on a modern stand, 75cm. (2)

Provenance: Jan Van Beers Oriental Art, 6th November 2010.

Cf. The Shanghai Museum, Ancient Chinese Sculpture Gallery, no.57 for a comparable figure, see also the Collection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Nelson A. Rockefeller bequest, Kykuit, NT 79.29.318 for a similar piece. Other related figures are displayed in the Victoria & Albert Museum.