A SMALL LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA

Lot 857
19.09.2025 09:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1466610
Lot 857 | A SMALL LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
A SMALL LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
NORTHERN QI-SUI DYNASTY, 6TH CENTURY
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high, composite stand




Provenance

Paul Wang Collection, Michigan, before 1983.
Christie's New York, 5 June 1986, lot 104, and front cover.
Andrew Kahane, New York, June 1989, and thence by descent within the family.



Literature

National Museum of History, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from the Wei through the Tang Dynasties, Taipei, 1983, p.129 and 131.



Exhibited

Taipei, National Museum of History, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from the Wei through the Tang Dynasties, 1983.
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