Büste eines Bodhisattva - photo 1
Büste eines Bodhisattva - photo 1

Büste eines Bodhisattva

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Auction dateClassic
07.12.2017 11:00UTC +02:00
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VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
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ID 19070
Lot 2032 | Büste eines Bodhisattva
China. Östliche Wei-Dynastie. 6. Jahrhundert

Dichter, hellgrauer Kalkstein. Der Bodhisattva lehnt sich mit feinem, gelassenem Gesichtausdruck teilnehmend dem Betrachter zu. Die Figur ist in eine elegant plissierte Robe über ein dünneres Untergewand gekleidet und trägt eine schwere, reiche Kette von Perlenschmuck. Die aufwendige Frisur ist von einer Blattkrone bekrönt.

Die sublim und meisterhaft geschnittene Büste des Bodhisattva ähnelt stilisitisch den buddhistischen Steinskulpturen, die 1996 in Qingzhou, Shandong Provinz auf dem Gebiet des antiken Longxing-Tempels entdeckt wurden. Erstaunlich an dieser Gruppe ist ihre Nähe zu Figuren der Gupta-Zeit (ca. 300-500) und der deutlich werdende Beginn eines komplett neuen Stils. In diesem Bodhisattva wird dieser neue Stil sichtbar, der sich in der kurzen Zeit der Östlichen Wei-Dynastie (534-550 n.Chr.) entwickelte.

The Liangshu (history of the Liang), compiled in the decades immediately following the fall of the Northern Qi dynasty in 577, includes a description of Middle Tianzhu (Gupta India) and a record of a trade mission from the Indian state in the early sixth century" (James C.Y.Watt, Art and History in China from the Third to the Eighth Century, in: James C.Y.Watt, China - Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New York 2004, p.34). Höhe 39cm, Breite 15,5cm, Tiefe 8,5cm. Zustand A/B.
Provenance:
-Deutsche Privatsammlung, seit 1970er.
-Art Loss Register Certificate ref. S00092562.

Vergleiche:
-In der Sammlung des Musee Guimet in Paris befindet sich ein ähnliche, komplette Figur
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