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LOT 2181
Large Chinese Tang Lady on Striding Horse
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
19 1/2 in. (3.4 kg, 49.5 cm).
Modelled in the round; the horse in advancing pose with one foreleg raised, copious mane; the female rider with upright posture, wearing an ankle-length coral-coloured robe with long bell sleeves, scooped shoulder panels and raised collar, hair piled in an elaborate bun; remains of pigment to the hair and footwear, face and other details.
ProvenanceEx West Country collection, Bath, Somerset, UK, 1970-2000s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report, sample no.C121m34 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11367-189790.
Cf. Tang Dynasty female rider in less elaborate costume in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no. 51.93a, b.
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The historical Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha, (born Prince Siddhartha Gautama) was the founder of the Buddhist religion; he lived and taught in 6th century India. Born to a royal or aristocratic family of the Shakya kingdom, at age 29 he learned of the deep suffering experienced by the people of his land, causing him to relinquish his title and palace home and after six years of study, self-sacrifice and meditation, became an enlightened Buddha. Here, Buddha is shown seated in a yogic meditative posture, his right hand gesturing towards the Earth Goddess at the moment prior to his enlightenment. He displays many of the lakshanas, or auspicious marks of Buddhahood- the extended earlobes remind the viewer of his former princely status; three rings around the neck; urna formed from a curl of hair. -
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