Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 74
A MASSIVE CHINESE MARBLE TORSO OF A BODHISATTVA TANG DYNASTY 618-907 AD The standing figure...
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Description
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. Other related figures are displayed in the Victoria & Albert Museum.