Lot 926
A BODHISATTVA TORSO
11-12TH CENTURY
Finely modeled with a raised urn in between the arched eyebrows above eyes in gentle contemplation, further cast with an elaborate network of jewelry chains festooned across the bare torso, the right ear adorned with a large disk earring with a swirling floral design and encircled by beads, the armlets feature a face of glory kirtimukha on a triangular foliate leaf above the waist emblazoned with further jewelry chains.
H 82 cm
Estimate
TWD 13,846,000-19,231,000
HKD 3,600,000-5,000,000
USD 464,500-645,200
Sold Price
TWD 14,769,231
HKD 3,840,000
USD 495,484
Taipei venue of the traveling exhibition,"Wisdom and Compassion" 1998. "Tibet: Tradition and Change" at the Albuquerque Museum, October 18, 1997-January 18, 1998.
ILLUSTRATED
Marylin Rhie and Robert Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion, Taiwan, 1998, no. 142.
N.R. Ray, Karl Khandalavala and S. Gorakshkar, Eastern Indian Bronzes, Bombay, 1986.
Chinese Works of Art
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2013 Hong Kong
Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 2:30pm