Lot 828
828
A RARE PALE GREY SANDSTONE STELE OF SEATED BUDDHA
A RARE PALE GREY SANDSTONE STELE OF SEATED BUDDHA
A RARE PALE GREY SANDSTONE STELE OF SEATED BUDDHA
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A RARE PALE GREY SANDSTONE STELE OF SEATED BUDDHA

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE FIRST YEAR OF ZHENGGUANG, CORRESPONDING TO AD 520

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A RARE PALE GREY SANDSTONE STELE OF SEATED BUDDHA
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE FIRST YEAR OF ZHENGGUANG, CORRESPONDING TO AD 520
The inscription on the reverse may be translated as, 'In the first year of Zhengguang, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Buddhist disciple Chen Xiansheng commissioned a figure of Shakyamuni in memory of his late elder brother, Chen Mannu.'
16 7⁄8 in. (42.8 cm.), softwood stand, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Sasaki Mosaku (1894-1966) Collection, Japan, by 1955.
Literature
Nihon Bijutsu kogei (A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Study of Works on Far Eastern Art), vol. 201, June 1955, p. 41.

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Lot Essay

The distinctive treatment of the drapery that cascades over the dais in a symmetrical, wave-like patten can be found on other Buddha figures of Northern Wei date, such as the stone example illustrated by S. Matsubara, Chuugoku bukkyo chokokushi ron (The Path of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture), vol. 1, Early Six Dynasties, Tokyo, 1955, no. 179, and the gilt-bronze example inscribed with a date corresponding to 508 sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2004, lot 73.

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