ID 861838
Lot 3015 | A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A BUDDHA
Estimate value
HKD 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
TANG DYNASTY OR LATER
The Buddha is seated in pralamba-padasana on a low throne, the sides inset with diminutive musicians, his feet supported by two lotus blossoms, with his right hand in varada mudra and his left in abhaya mudra, clad in a diaphanous sanghati with cascading folds, the face with serene expression and the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha.
24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1996
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 760
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Genre: | Religious genre |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Genre: | Religious genre |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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