200 CHINESE, ASIAN, ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Lot 208
Arte Cinese
A gilded bronze dated stele depicting a bodhisattva with flaming halo and bearing incised inscriptions on the square base and at the rear of the halo China, dated 5th April 551 CE., Qing dynasty or earlier
On a tall square base with carved inscriptions, lays a second base shaped as a double lotus flower, on which the bodhisattva, perhaps Akasagarbha, stands, adorned by the usual jewels. Further inscriptions are on the back of the flaming halo that surrounds him. Inscriptions: memorial statue sculpted in the Qi period, during the reign of the emperor Timbao (550-559 AD) in the 8th sexagesimal cycle (551 AD). Also, on the base: first district, work gifted on the fifth day of the fourth lunar month (April 5).
Measures: 27.50 cm
Starting price: € 1.500,00
Estimate: € 3.000,00 - 5.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 14 June starting from 15:00.
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