J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
MenuPast Exhibition
Two Thousand Years of Chinese Sculpture
March 17-29, 2008
28.
A WOOD FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST MONK
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
the deified holy man with shaved head shown standing on an integral lotus-pod base carved with radiating lotus-petal lappets, his face well carved in a respectful, pious expression, wearing monastic robes falling to his feet in simple folds and with a small ring-clasp in relief over one shoulder, attached by a cord to a small clasp in back, the hands now missing, formerly held together in front of his chest, folded in prayer, his arms covered by very deep sleeves which hang down in front, the fine-grained dense hardwood showing scattered traces of lacquer and gilding.
Height 13 1⁄2 inches (34.3 cm)
Compare the Ming dynasty wood figure of a Buddhist monk in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue entitled A Decade of Collecting, 1984-1993: Friends of Asian Art Gifts, New York, 1993, p. 15.
明 彩繪木雕佛僧像 高 34.3 厘米
