A STONE BUDDHIST STELE

Lot 1005
21.09.2023 11:30UTC -05:00
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$ 30 000
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ID 1016822
Lot 1005 | A STONE BUDDHIST STELE
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$ 30 000 – 50 000
A STONE BUDDHIST STELE

NORTHERN ZHOU DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 5TH YEAR OF TIANHE, CORRESPONDING TO AD 570

11 ¾ in. (29.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box





Provenance

Private collection, Japan.

Matsubara Saburo (1918-1999) Collection.

Mayuyama, Tokyo.

Kitayama Fine Art, Tokyo.



Literature

Yamanaka & Co., Shina kobijutsu taikan (Comprehensive Review of Ancient Chinese Art), Osaka, 1924, cat. no. 132.

Matsubara Saburo, Zotei Chugoku Bukkyo Choukoku Shi Kenkyu (Chinese Buddhist Sculpture - A study based on bronze and stone statues other than works from cave temples), Tokyo, 1966, p. 190, (b).

Matsubara Saburo, Chugoku Bukkyo chokoku shiron (The Path of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture), vol. 2, Tokyo, 1995, p. 365, a & b.



Exhibited

On loan: Fukuoka, Kyushu National Museum, August 2019-June 2023.
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