A RARE WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
A RARE WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA TANG DYNASTY (618-907) Shown seated in sattvaparyanka with right hand resting atop the right leg, wearing a jeweled necklace, a bracelet, armlets and a diaphanous dhoti folded below the belly and falling in graceful folds along the thighs and knees, the shawl draped around the shoulders falling down the arms and backs of the thighs to drape gracefully atop the circular top of the lotus base carved around the sides with lotus petals and along the upper edge with stamen rising from the petals, the face well carved with small mouth, and elongated, slightly open eyes below incised curved brows, the hair dressed in trailing tresses and a large elaborate chignon in back and adorned in front with a foliate ornament 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, stand
A RARE WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
A RARE WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA TANG DYNASTY (618-907) Shown seated in sattvaparyanka with right hand resting atop the right leg, wearing a jeweled necklace, a bracelet, armlets and a diaphanous dhoti folded below the belly and falling in graceful folds along the thighs and knees, the shawl draped around the shoulders falling down the arms and backs of the thighs to drape gracefully atop the circular top of the lotus base carved around the sides with lotus petals and along the upper edge with stamen rising from the petals, the face well carved with small mouth, and elongated, slightly open eyes below incised curved brows, the hair dressed in trailing tresses and a large elaborate chignon in back and adorned in front with a foliate ornament 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, stand
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