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MEDITATIVE HEAD OF THE BUDDHA

Starting price
€ 2 500
Auction date Classic
28.04.2017 16:00 UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Galerie Zacke
Event location
Austria, Wien
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ID 903
Lot 15 | MEDITATIVE HEAD OF THE BUDDHA
MEDITATIVE HEAD OF THE BUDDHA
Light Gray Stone (Marble)
China
. Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
HEIGHT OF HEAD 19.7 CM, WITH SOCKET 31.3 CM
In all, a very round shaped head with full cheeks, arching rounded chin, in against game, the circle-shaped Brows. The contour of the hairline curved, the Ushnisha, a semi-spherical dome, the ears S-shaped, with roundish lobes. Impressive is the self-conscious expression in the facial features. Due to Erdlagerung often Ankrustungen with colourful influence on the Rock. Solidly mounted on metal Base.

Expertise: Wolfmar Zacken
This artistically of very high quality head comes from the collection of a French noble house, and was since at least 1967 in their possession. This collection goes back to Évariste Regis Huc (1813 – 1860), a French missionary and Explorer, widely known for his Crossings of Mongolia, Tibet and China. He is also likely to be the first Europeans who reached 1846 Lhasa. Huc has laid the Foundation for this collection, which was detected in 1967 in a systematic and documented, however without further details of when the objects were acquired.
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