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AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT TANG DYNASTY PAINTING ON SILK
TANG DYNASTY 7TH-9TH CENTURY
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT TANG DYNASTY PAINTING ON SILK TANG DYNASTY 7TH-9TH CENTURY The rectangular painting, which would have provided the main part of a Buddhist banner, beautifully and delicately painted on fine silk, depicting a Bodhisattva standing on a lotus pedestal beneath a canopy, with an arched mandorla behind the figure, wearing a three-leafed golden tiara studded with jewels and a similarly decorated heavy gold necklace and earrings, while circular gold bracelets adorn the figure's upper arms, and narrower bangles encircle his wrists, the upper torso naked, except for a narrow patterned scarf worn diagonally across the chest, wearing a long flowing skirt, softly gathered and tied at the waist, with a red and blue scarf wound around the arms, white scarves floating from the sides of the tiara, and feet in golden sandals, while the right hand holds a golden bowl and the left a peacock feather; sold together with a triangular silk painting, which would have provided the top section of a Buddhist banner, bearing a depiction of a seated Buddha surrounded by flowers; also sold with Mr. Fred Andrews' copies of the two volumes of his major publication Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia Recovered by Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E., Described by Fred H. Andrews, O.B.E. , Oxford University Press, London, 1948. The banner 57 x 28 cm. (221/2 x 11 ins.)