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
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
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