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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April 8, 04:47 AM GMT
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6,000,000 - 8,000,000 HKD
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Description
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
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