TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The present figure is a superb example of Tang dynasty sculpture with its fine, sculptural details and the masterful casting of the luxurious drapery, and elaborate jewelry. A related gilt-bronze figure dated to the Tang dynasty which has similar posture, robes, and jewelry as the present figure is in the Sano Art Museum, and is illustrated in Saburo Matsubara, Chugoku Bukkyo Chokoku Shiron, Tokyo, 1995, vol. III, p. 704 (Fig. 1), where several other related figures are illustrated pp. 699, 702 and 768.