TWO RARE STUCCO PANELS OF BODHISATTVAS, PROBABLY SONG/JIN DYNASTY | DEUX RARES PANNEAUX EN STUC PEINT, PROBABLEMENT DYNASTIE SONG-JIN
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July 23, 01:29 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
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TWO RARE STUCCO PANELS OF BODHISATTVAS, PROBABLY SONG/JIN DYNASTY
each depicting a Bodhisattva among clouds (2)
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DEUX RARES PANNEAUX EN STUC PEINT, PROBABLEMENT DYNASTIE SONG-JIN
chacun représentant un Bodhisattva dans les nuées (2)
64 x 44 cm, 25¼by 17⅜in.
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These two paintings stand in the tradition of Buddhist imagery, best known from wall paintings and silks from around the Tang dynasty (618-907) preserved in the Dunhuang cave temples of Gansu province, which lived on particularly in North China in the Song (960-1279), Jin (1115-1234) and early Ming (1368-1644) periods in form of temple frescoes. The technique of using gilded gesso relief highlights is already found in the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, and became popular for Song dynasty wooden sculptures and Jin dynasty wall paintings.
Compare a related stucco panel of a young girl, similarly painted with gilded gesso relief highlights, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd December 2015, lot 287, from the collection of Alberto Giuganino (1887-1979).