A VERY RARE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED PENSIVE BODHISATTVA NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (AD 550-577), DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 553 The figure is shown seated on a cloth-covered seat in a pensive pose with the right leg crossed over the left knee, the head backed by a circular mandorla. The figure is raised on a rectangular platform, carved on the front with two leonine beasts flanking a figure supporting a censer, and on the reverse with a dedicatory inscription dated to the fourteenth day of the eleventh month, of the fourth year of Tianbao, corresponding to 553. Traces of painted figures, possibly a lady and officials, flank the inscription. 18 ½ in. (46.8 cm.) high
A VERY RARE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED PENSIVE BODHISATTVA NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (AD 550-577), DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 553 The figure is shown seated on a cloth-covered seat in a pensive pose with the right leg crossed over the left knee, the head backed by a circular mandorla. The figure is raised on a rectangular platform, carved on the front with two leonine beasts flanking a figure supporting a censer, and on the reverse with a dedicatory inscription dated to the fourteenth day of the eleventh month, of the fourth year of Tianbao, corresponding to 553. Traces of painted figures, possibly a lady and officials, flank the inscription. 18 ½ in. (46.8 cm.) high
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