Lot 3034. A Rare Limestone Head of Avalokiteshvara, Tang Dynasty, 7th-10th Century: H 39cm. Estimate HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000 (USD 114,633 - 152,844). Lot sold HKD 1,062,000 (USD 135,267). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited.

Provenance: 1. Yamanaka & Co., Tokyo, 1932
2. A Private Japanese Collection, and thence by descent
3. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2015, lot.2930.

Exhibited: Sekai Kobijutsu Dai Tenrankai [Expo of World antiques], Yamanaka & Co. and Tokyo Bijutsu Club, Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai, Tokyo, 1932.

Literature: Sekai Kobijutsu Dai Tenrankai [Expo of World antiques], Yamanaka & Co. and Tokyo Bijutsu Club, Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai, Tokyo, 1932, cat. no. 353.