HEIAN PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
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A JAPANESE WOOD FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
HEIAN PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
The figure standing in slight contraposto carved in single-block technique (ichiboku-zukuri), dressed in a skirt with a scarf draped across the bare torso and falling in loops across the thighs, with folds of drapery emphasizing the volume of the legs, the hair gathered up into a high coiffure, the face recarved; arms and feet missing.
35 7/8 in. (91.1 cm.) high
HEIAN PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
The figure standing in slight contraposto carved in single-block technique (ichiboku-zukuri), dressed in a skirt with a scarf draped across the bare torso and falling in loops across the thighs, with folds of drapery emphasizing the volume of the legs, the hair gathered up into a high coiffure, the face recarved; arms and feet missing.
35 7/8 in. (91.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Yoshida Masaaki, Kyoto, 1979
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This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Gemma Sudlow
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