A PAIR OF MARBLE BODHISATTVA GROUPS

Lot 3016
29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 504 000
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Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 861911
Lot 3016 | A PAIR OF MARBLE BODHISATTVA GROUPS
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HKD 400 000 – 600 000
A PAIR OF MARBLE BODHISATTVA GROUPS

LIAO-SONG DYNASTY OR LATER

Each group comprises a pair of bodhisattvas standing on lotus bases, each wearing a loosely draped robe with sashes looped through a disc at the waist, the hair pulled into tall coiffures behind the foliate crowns, shown holding implements in their raised hands.

18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high, stands





Provenance

Alan Priest (1898-1969), New York, by repute

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1968

Christian Humann (d.1981), New York, named the Pan-Asian Collection by 1977

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in 1982

Sold at Christie’s New York, The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV: Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics, 20 March 2015, lot 768
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