A STONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA CHINA, SUI DYNASTY

portrayed standing holding an amphora in the left hand, adorned with necklaces, a medallion, long beaded chains and scarves drawn through a ring below the waist, the headdress ornamented with beaded chains and ribbons that hang down and frame the angular face with broad flat nose and prominent lips, backed by the remnants of a halo, mounted on stand

Property of Egon Zerner and thence by descent.

Georg Swarzenski; Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing (Firm), Die Sammlung Egon Zerner, Berlin, 1924, pl. 31.

As visible in the catalogue photo, the figure is missing its right forearm, lower legs and only a section of the halo behind the head remains with jagged edges. There is a restored break across the neck. There is a loss to the section of the figure's left hand and vase. There are chips to the nose, brow and headdress as well as the usual chips and surface wear typical of figures of the type and age. Traces of pigment remain on the surface. The figure is affixed to a stand.
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The present lot shares features of Sui dynasty sculpture from Shaanxi province, such as the oversized head with a squarish jaw, deeply grooved eyebrows, prominent lips, slight hint of a waist above the ring through which the scarves are drawn, and eleborate jewelry draped over a rigid upright body.  A larger example is illustrated in Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence, Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brundage Collection, Tokyo / New York, 1974, no. 76; and other examples are also illustrated in Osvald Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, vol. 3, New York, 1925, pl. 265, 266A, 267A and 268B. A figure of similar proportions was sold at Christie's New York, 19th September 2006, lot 138.