A CARVED STONE STELE NORTHERN WEI / NORTHERN QI DYNASTY |

carved in high relief with Guanyin standing at the center of a wide rectangular plinth, the Goddess of Compassion framed by a tall petal-shaped mandorla and flanked at either side by a haloed standing attendant, each of the three figures positioned atop a lotus blossom, Guanyin dressed in robes, a dhoti, and a lobed diadem with the head bowed and the pendent left hand and raised right hand each holding an object, the robed attendants with their heads bowed and hands clasped at the chest within sleeves, traces of red, black, and green pigment throughout, the reverse unadorned, the base drilled and affixed to a wood stand (2)

Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 11th September 1969, lot 77.
J. T. Tai & Co., New York.
Sotheby's New York, 14th September 2011, lot 307.

An inscribed marble stele dated 551 C.E. of the same subject and form, and of similar size, from the collection of Sakamoto Gorō sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2013, lot 137.