PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
NEPAL, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Height 10 ? in. (26.7 cm)
the bodhisattva of compassion seated on a wide lotus petal throne, the top incised with the motif of lotus pods, luxuriously positioned in sattvaparyankasana, wearing a shawl drawn across the body and falling in pleats over the left shoulder, the dhoti held in place by an ornamented waist band wrapping around the legs in a chased striated pattern, with gem set armbands set high on the shoulders, a necklace with attached pendants, and lotus-form earrings resting on the shoulders, the left hand supporting his weight from behind and holding the stalk of a lotus that follows the curve of the arm with a lotus blossoming over the left shoulder, the head encircled in an aureole decorated in swirling flames
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13744.
落槌价 | 佣金比率 |
0 - 400,000 | 25.00% |
400,000 - 4,000,000 | 20.00% |
4,000,000 - 以上 | 13.90% |