A LARGE STONE BUDDHIST STELE Eastern Wei Dynasty style, Republic period
A LARGE STONE BUDDHIST STELE
Eastern Wei Dynasty style, Republic period
The central Shakyamuni Buddha holds the left hand in varada mudra, symbolising compassion and charity, together with the two attendant Bodhisattvas, modelled with downcast eyes and meditative expressions, all below a mandorla carved with flames and framed with a group of flying apsaras, with a partially illegible inscription possibly dated to yisi year with attribution to family members, the reverse with five rows of five small Buddha figures, each within a mandorla, below a large seated Bodhisattva flanked by a pair of descending chilong, the sides each with a striding chilong.
107cm (42in) high x 56cm (22in) wide.
Footnotes:
民國 東魏式石灰岩雕造像碑
款識：大魏光次乙巳年四月乙亥九日癸巳傳弟子王倫並為心劫諸師兄弟姊妹兩親眷屬香火同轉（局部）
Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a valuation conducted by Robert Kleiner in 1988, stating it was acquired in Wang-Tsung in 1928
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* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
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Condition
Surface encrustations and residues, chips and losses to the extremities, the carving is rubbed with general wear overall, and production flaws.
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A LARGE STONE BUDDHIST STELE
Eastern Wei Dynasty style, Republic period
The central Shakyamuni Buddha holds the left hand in varada mudra, symbolising compassion and charity, together with the two attendant Bodhisattvas, modelled with downcast eyes and meditative expressions, all below a mandorla carved with flames and framed with a group of flying apsaras, with a partially illegible inscription possibly dated to yisi year with attribution to family members, the reverse with five rows of five small Buddha figures, each within a mandorla, below a large seated Bodhisattva flanked by a pair of descending chilong, the sides each with a striding chilong.
107cm (42in) high x 56cm (22in) wide.
Footnotes:
民國 東魏式石灰岩雕造像碑
款識：大魏光次乙巳年四月乙亥九日癸巳傳弟子王倫並為心劫諸師兄弟姊妹兩親眷屬香火同轉（局部）
Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a valuation conducted by Robert Kleiner in 1988, stating it was acquired in Wang-Tsung in 1928
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *
* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Condition
Surface encrustations and residues, chips and losses to the extremities, the carving is rubbed with general wear overall, and production flaws.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
