Lot 3062. A pair of two very important finely carved and painted wood standing Bodhsattva, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; H 143cm; H 142cm. Sold for 25,200,000 (Estimate HKD 20,000,000 - 30,000,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022.

Provenance: 1. Paul Houo-Ming-Tse, Paris
2. Hotel Drouot, Objets d’art de la Chine: Collection Paul Houo-Ming-Tse, Paris, 1932, lot 84, lot 85
3. Gerard Devillers, Paris
4. Eskenazi, London
5. The Ten-Views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no EK106, EK207.

Exhibited: 1. Paul Houo-Ming-Tse, Preuves des Antiquites de Chine, Beijing, 1930, p.314
2. Hotel Drouot, Objets d’art de la Chine: Collection Paul Houo-Ming-Tse, Paris, 1932, lot 84
3. Eskenazi, Chinese Buddhist sculpture from Northern Wei to Ming, New York, March 2002.

Literature: 1. Paul Houo-Ming-Tse, Preuves des Antiquites de Chine, Beijing, 1930, p.314
2. Hotel Drouot, Objets d’art de la Chine: Collection Paul Houo-Ming-Tse, Paris, 1932, lot 84
3. Eskenazi, Chinese Buddhist sculpture from Northern Wei to Ming, New York, March 2002.

Poly Auction. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 14 July 2022