A SMALL WHITE MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A BODHISATTVA Sui dynasty
A SMALL WHITE MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A BODHISATTVA
Sui dynasty
The deity with solemn expression wearing a high crown, holding a lotus bud in his right hand and a peach-shaped instrument in his left hand, dressed in a long robe with flowy sash over the shoulders, adorned with flat jeweled panel at his chest, the back flat and plain, the stone softly polished, with patches of eroded areas and encrustations; metal stand.
5 7/8in (15cm) high
Footnotes:
隋 漢白玉菩薩殘件
A very similar white marble bodhisattva dated by inscription to the sixth year of Kaihuang (A.D. 586), unearthed in Quyang, Hebei province, is illustrated by Feng Hejun in Quyang baishi zaoxiang yanjiu (Research on White Stone Religious Figures in Quyang), Beijing, 2005, p. 111, no. 51.
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A SMALL WHITE MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A BODHISATTVA
Sui dynasty
The deity with solemn expression wearing a high crown, holding a lotus bud in his right hand and a peach-shaped instrument in his left hand, dressed in a long robe with flowy sash over the shoulders, adorned with flat jeweled panel at his chest, the back flat and plain, the stone softly polished, with patches of eroded areas and encrustations; metal stand.
5 7/8in (15cm) high
Footnotes:
隋 漢白玉菩薩殘件
A very similar white marble bodhisattva dated by inscription to the sixth year of Kaihuang (A.D. 586), unearthed in Quyang, Hebei province, is illustrated by Feng Hejun in Quyang baishi zaoxiang yanjiu (Research on White Stone Religious Figures in Quyang), Beijing, 2005, p. 111, no. 51.
