TRANSCENDENT FORM Classical Chinese Art from the Yin Xue Tang Collection: Part 1

TRANSCENDENT FORM Classical Chinese Art from the Yin Xue Tang Collection: Part 1

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A magnificent and extremely rare large painted wood standing figure of bodhisattva, Jin dynasty | 金 彩繪木雕菩薩立像

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A magnificent and extremely rare large painted wood standing figure of bodhisattva,

Jin dynasty

金 彩繪木雕菩薩立像


the Bodhisattva portrayed with a serene meditative expression and radiating a dignified presence, the hair swept up in a high chignon secured by a crown with a circular cavity probably for accommodating an image of Amitabha Buddha, sumptuously attired in a shawl and a loose dhoti cascading in voluminous folds, further adorned with a lavish necklace and draped with a scarf around her arms and trailing down


163.5 cm

Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1925.

Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, no. 1925.35.5B.

Christie's New York, 19th March 2009, lot 533.


山中商會,紐約,1925年

哈佛藝術博物館收藏,劍橋,麻薩諸塞州,編號1925.35.5B

紐約佳士得2009年3月19日,編號533