A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING BODHISATTVA

Lot 736
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 736 | A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING BODHISATTVA
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING BODHISATTVA

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO AD 530

The figure is shown standing on a lotus base, with the right hand holding a section of the long, looped necklace gathered by a disk, and the left hand holding the scarf draped over the left arm, while the ends of the robes and the scarves flare out to the sides. The face is cast with a gentle expression, and is framed by the ribbons that trail from the crown decorated with three globular 'jewels'.

5 3⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) high, Japanese fitted zitan box







Provenance

Important private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent within the family.





Literature

Bijutsu Kenkyu, Institute of Art Research, 1958, fig. 16.

Matsubara Saburo, Research on Chinese Buddhist Sculpture History, 1961, no. 80 C and fig. 101, p. 124.

Ancient Chinese Art - The Origin of Japanese Art, Kagawa, 1968,  F9.

Osaka City Museum, Chinese Buddhist Sculptures, Osaka, 1984, p. 61, no. 89.

Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Gilt Bronze Buddha in Six Dynasties, Izumi, 1991, no. 91.

Yamato Bunkakan, Chinese Gilt Bronze Statues of Buddhism, Tokyo, 1992, no. 29.





Exhibited

Kagawa Prefecture, Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall, Ancient Chinese Art - The Origin of Japanese Art, 1968.

Osaka City Museum, Chinese Buddhist Sculptures, 6 Oct - 11 Nov, 1984.

Tokyo, Yamato Bunkakan, Chinese Gilt Bronze Statues of Buddhism, 2 Oct - 8 Nov, 1992.





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