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Auction archive: Lot number 184

A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$34,600
Auction archive: Lot number 184

A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$34,600
Beschreibung:

A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED FIFTH YEAR OF WUPING, CORRESPONDING TO AD 574, AND OF THE PERIOD
A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED FIFTH YEAR OF WUPING, CORRESPONDING TO AD 574, AND OF THE PERIOD The figure well cast standing on a domed socle on an intergral four-legged stand incised with the dated inscription, with hands in abhaya and varada mudras , wearing a beaded necklace, a shawl that flares outwards and layered robes that also flare in graceful folds either side of the bare feet, the head surmounted by a lotus-petal crown hung with pendent ribbons and backed by a petal-cast nimbus surrounded by the flame-form mandorla 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high, wood stand, fitted wood box

Auction archive: Lot number 184
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
19 September 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED FIFTH YEAR OF WUPING, CORRESPONDING TO AD 574, AND OF THE PERIOD
A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED FIFTH YEAR OF WUPING, CORRESPONDING TO AD 574, AND OF THE PERIOD The figure well cast standing on a domed socle on an intergral four-legged stand incised with the dated inscription, with hands in abhaya and varada mudras , wearing a beaded necklace, a shawl that flares outwards and layered robes that also flare in graceful folds either side of the bare feet, the head surmounted by a lotus-petal crown hung with pendent ribbons and backed by a petal-cast nimbus surrounded by the flame-form mandorla 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high, wood stand, fitted wood box

Auction archive: Lot number 184
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
19 September 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
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