California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 March 18, 2018  March 18, 2018

 Lot # 3595 
A GROUP OF TWO WHITE MARBLE BODHISATTVA STELES    北齊/唐 大理石雕菩薩像一組兩件


  • Dimension: Highest Height: 13 3/8 in (34 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1800
  • Estimate To: $3500

Comprising of a seated boshiattva seated in the posture of royal ease, supported on a rectangular plinth and against a pointed, dressed in long robes falling in graceful folds, face with meditative expression, hair tied into chignon, the right hand in varada mutra, all raised on a wider rectangular plinth; a shaped square stele finely carved with a central figure of bodhisattva seated in dhyanansana, both of this hands holding a vertical flute, wearing a dhoti tied a waist, with flying ribbons and scarf behind him, flanked by two pillars of double lotus design on both sides. Northern Qi Dynasty period or later.