ID 1466610
Lot 857 | A SMALL LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
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.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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