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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT WILLOCX (1932 - 2023) | 羅伯特‧維勒斯(1932-2023)收藏

A grey stone relief depicting two Bodhisattvas, Northern Wei dynasty, 7th century | 北魏七世紀灰石雕雙菩薩石碑

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June 14, 03:20 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Property from the Collection of the Late Robert Willocx (1932 - 2023)

A grey stone relief depicting two Bodhisattvas

Northern Wei dynasty, 7th century

Height 25.4 cm, 10 in.

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Collection Robert Willocx (1932 - 2023)

Relief en pierre grise représentant deux Bodhisattvas, dynastie Wei du Nord, VIIe siècle

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羅伯特‧維勒斯(1932-2023)收藏

北魏七世紀灰石雕雙菩薩石碑

Josette Schulmann, Paris, 21st April 1967.

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Josette Schulmann女士收藏，巴黎，1967年4月21日

La Maison Française, no. 206, April 1967, p. 194.

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《法國房子》，編號206，1967年4月，頁194

Roughly hewn in a minimalist yet striking design, this piece is a remarkably fine example of northern Wei Buddhist stone carving. With one hand resting on their knees, the other - now lost - presumably once raised in reassurance, the figures sit in padmāsana. With serene expressions and abstracted flowing robes, the present figures bear a strong resemblance to seated figures and relief carvings found in the Tianlongshan grottoes in Shanxi Province, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji: Diaosu [Complete Series of Chinese Art: Sculpture], vol. 13, Beijing, 1989, pp. 81-91. Compare also a gilt bronze stele of a sitting buddha with a similar expression in the collection of the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Saburo Matsubara, Chūgoku bukkyō chōkokushi ron [Historical discussion of Chinese Buddhist sculpture], Tokyo, 1995, vol. 1, pl. 58a.

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A grey stone relief depicting two Bodhisattvas, Northern Wei dynasty, 7th century | 北魏七世紀 灰石雕雙菩薩石碑

A grey stone relief depicting two Bodhisattvas, Northern Wei dynasty, 7th century | 北魏七世紀灰石雕雙菩薩石碑