A MARBLE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, TANG DYNASTY China, 618-907. Buddha is shown seated in padmasana on an oval base, dressed in heavy robes with cascading folds tied at the waist, the face with a serene expression, downcast eyes below gently arched eyebrows, and the smooth hair surmounted by an ushnisha, flanked by two elongated earlobes. Fine ancient polish with an unctuous feel overall.

Provenance: From the collection of Michael Phillips, Los Angeles, California, USA. An old collector's label to the base. Michael Phillips (born 1943) is an Academy Award-winning film producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his parents were Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, noted New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, the LACMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and the British Museum among others. Michael Phillips is a collector of Asian art himself, particularly Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan sculpture. His most important films include The Sting (winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973), Taxi Driver (winning the Palme D'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival), and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, soil encrustations, few nicks and shallow surface scratches, some losses, and minor cracks. Magnificent natural patina of ivory color overall.

Weight: 1,357 g
Dimensions: Height 17.2 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related marble figure of buddha, dated to the Tang dynasty, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 28.114.

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唐代漢白玉佛像
中國，618-907年。佛像坐在橢圓形底座上，頭上有螺髻，身著僧袍，褶皺紋理流暢，面部表情慈祥安寧，眼睛微閉，眉毛微拱，長耳垂。漢白玉整體瑩潤光滑。

來源：美國洛杉磯Michael Phillips 私人收藏，底座有藏家收藏標籤。Michael Phillips (出生於1943年) 是一位電影製片人，曾獲得奧斯卡獎。他出生在紐約布魯克林，父母是Lawrence 與Shirley Phillips，他們是著名的紐約亞洲美術經銷商，向大都會博物館、洛杉磯美術館、芝加哥藝術學院和大英博物館等機構出售藝術品。Michael Phillips本人是亞洲藝術收藏家，尤其是印度、東南亞和喜馬拉雅地區造像。他最重要的電影包括《騙中騙》（1973 年獲得奧斯卡最佳影片獎）、《出租車司機》（1976 年戛納電影節金棕櫚獎）和史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格的《第三類接觸》。
品相：狀況良好。大面積磨損、風化和侵蝕跡象、土壤結殼、少量刻痕和表面淺劃痕、一些缺損、輕微裂縫。整體呈現象牙色的自然光澤。

重量：1,357 克
尺寸：高17.2 厘米

文獻比較：
比較一件相近的唐代漢白玉佛像，收藏於大都會藝術博物館，編號28.114。