A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA PADMAPANI, MALLA PERIODNepal, 14th-15th century. Cast seated in royal ease, holding lotus stems in his hands, coming to full blossom at the shoulders, richly adorned in beaded jewelry, the hair piled in a looped chignon crowned with a broad tiara centered by a rosette, the serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes and full lips, flanked by long pendulous earlobes with floral earrings, a mandorla behind his head.Provenance: Collection of a member of the Swedish diplomatic corps, stationed in Asia during the 1960s, and thence by descent within the same family to the present owner.Condition: Good original condition with extensive wear, minor nicks, dents, losses and scratches here and there, malachite-green encrustations.Weight: 464.7 gDimensions: Height 11.3 cmAuction result comparison: Compare with a related standing figure of Maitreya, but of much larger size, at Bonhams New York in The Maitri Collection of Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art on 20 March 2018, lot 3205, sold for USD 468,500, and a related standing gilt bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Padmapani of larger size, dated to the 17th century, at Christie's New York in Indian and Southeast Asian Art on 22 March 2011, lot 285, sold for USD 22,500.馬拉朝銅鎏金蓮花手觀音像尼泊爾, 十四至十五世紀,御坐姿,手握蓮花莖,花朵在肩膀上盛放。觀音身上以瓔珞串珠點綴,頭戴寳冠,冠上飾有華貴頭飾,寧靜的臉龐,雙目低垂,嘴唇豐滿,面部兩側是長耳垂,佩戴耳環。背後光背。 來源:私人收藏,曾是1960年代在亞洲駐紮的瑞典外交使團的一名成員,自此保存于同一家族至今。 品相:原始狀態良好,有大量磨損,少量缺口,凹痕,局部有缺損和划痕,孔雀石綠色結殼。 重量:464.7 克 尺寸:高11.3 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件彌勒佛立像,尺寸更大,見紐約邦瀚斯The Maitri Collection of Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art2018年3月20日 lot 3205, 售價USD 468,500, ;一件尺寸更大的十七世紀銅鎏金蓮華手觀音見紐約佳士得 Indian and Southeast Asian Art 拍場2011年3月22日 lot 285, 售價USD 22,500.