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22 avril 2020

A gilt-bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577)

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Lot 22. A gilt-bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577); 8cm., 3 1/8 in. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 9,375 GBP (13,068 EUR). Photo courtesy Sotheby's.

cast standing with the waist bent slightly backwards, the left arm holding the ends of the long flowing robe, the face lowered with downcast eyes and a serene expression, all supported on a lotus pedestal, wood stand and Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo.

ExhibitedTokubetsu tenji rikuchō jidai no kondōbutsu [Gilt-bronze statues from the Six Dynasties], Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Osaka, 1991, cat. no. 176.

Literature: Ryūsen Shūhō. Sōgyō shichijū shūnen kinen/Mayuyama: Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 2, pl. 120.

Sotheby's. The Soul of Japanese Aesthetics – The Tsuneichi Inoue Collection, London, 13 may 2015

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