天价成交的造像：唐 石雕菩薩立像一对

2018年9月13日• 纽约

佳士得：中国瓷器及工艺精品

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Lot  1123

盛唐 石灰岩雕大势至菩萨立像

H 67 cm

估价：

1,500,000 - 2,500,000 USD

成交价：

3,252,500 USD

The figure is well carved in a tribangha pose on topof a waisted lotus pedestal, with a lotus stem, originally held in the righthand, twining up the arm to the shoulder. The figure wears a beaded necklace, ascarf draped around the torso and over the shoulders, and adiaphanous dhoti that is gathered at the waist and falls in deepU-shaped folds to just above the feet. The face is carved with a sereneexpression and small sensuous mouth, and the hair is dressed in a high, loopedtopknot decorated in front with an elixir bottle and on the sides with flowersand pendent ribbons.

来源：

GrenvilleL. Winthrop (1864-1943) Collection, New York, acquired prior to 1925. 
Yamanaka & Co., Inc.; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 27 May 1944, lot805 (part).
C. T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, successor to C. T. Loo, New York, June 1961.
James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago. 
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1990.
The Property of a Lady; Christie's New York, 16 September 1998, lot 284.

出版：

O. Sirén, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century,London, 1925, vol. 3, pl. 372 B. 
F. H. Taylor, House of Art, Houston, Texas, 1954, no. 74. 
J. V. Sewell, Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and MarilynnAlsdorf, Chicago, 1970, no. s22. 
Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese sculpture from the Alsdorf collection andothers, London, 1990, no. 15.

展览：

Houston,Texas, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, House of Art, 1954.
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chinese Art from the Collection ofJames W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, 21 September - 13 November 1970.
London, Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese sculpture from the Alsdorf collectionand others, 12 June - 6 July 1990.

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Lot  1124

盛唐 石灰岩雕观音菩萨立像

H 67 cm

估价：

1,500,000 - 2,500,000 USD

成交价：

1,992,500 USD

The bodhisattva is shown standing in a tribhanga pose ontop of a waisted lotus base, holding an elixir bottle in the left hand andwearing a scalloped necklace and a dhoti bound and gathered at thewaist with beaded chains. A long scarf is draped over the lower arms andflower-head-decorated bands encircle the upper arms. The face is carved with asensuous mouth, and the hair is drawn up into a topknot decorated with afoliate medallion centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha and falls in wavytresses that trail along the shoulders. There are slight traces of gilding andgesso.

来源：

Grenville L. Winthrop (1864-1943)Collection, New York, acquired prior to 1925.
Yamanaka & Co., Inc.; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 27 May 1944, lot805 (part).
C. T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, successor to C. T. Loo, New York, June 1961.
James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1990.
The Property of a Lady; Christie's New York, 16 September 1998, lot 283.

出版：

O. Sirén, Chinese Sculpture from theFifth to the Fourteenth Century, London, 1925, vol. 3, pl. 372A.

F. H. Taylor, House of Art, Houston,Texas, 1954, no. 74.
Notre Dame University, Notre Dame Alumnus, Notre Dame, Indiana, March -April 1956, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 7.
E. Turner, 4000 Years of Chinese Art: An Exhibition organized and lent byC. T. Loo, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958, no. 158.
J. V. Sewell, Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and MarilynnAlsdorf, Chicago, 1970, no. s23.
Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese sculpture from the Alsdorf collection andothers, London, 1990, no. 14.
Giuseppe Eskenazi with Hajni Elias, A Dealer’s Hand, The Chinese Art WorldThrough the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, p. 225, pl. 123

展览：

Houston, Texas, Houston Museum of FineArts, House of Art, 1954.

Notre Dame, Indiana, Notre Dame University, O'Shaughnessy Art Gallery, 1956.
Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, 4000 Years of Chinese Art: AnExhibition organized and lent by C. T. Loo, 17 October - 30 November 1958.
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chinese Art from the Collection ofJames W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, 21 September - 13 November 1970.
London, Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese sculpture from the Alsdorf collectionand others, 12 June - 6 July 1990.

两尊唐代石灰岩雕菩萨立像

中国艺术品部专家高丽娜（Olivia Hamilton）认为这对拥有1,300年历史的菩萨立像，是拍卖场上迄今最臻美的唐代雕塑。她表示：「初见这两尊精美绝伦的雕像时，我马上为之惊艳。」这两尊石灰岩雕菩萨立像制作于唐代（公元618至907年），她补充：「两尊雕像成双成对，互有交流。它们表情生动，姿态灵动，无论从任何角度欣赏，也好像在互相交流，令人不禁想立即收归囊中，安放家中好好珍藏欣赏！」

在佛教传统中，菩萨慈悲为怀，已觉悟成佛，但因不忍看见众生轮回受苦，于是舍弃进入涅盘之境，选择在人间普渡众生。高丽娜认为雕像充分展现出这种舍己为人的精神。「凝视这两尊菩萨时，会感到一种保护的力量，同时也会感到它们乐于助人、慈悲为怀，临世救助一切众生。它们的外表祥和恬静，让人心感安宁。」