A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA

14TH/15TH CENTURY

The eleven-faced Bodhisattva stands on a double lotus base, with two hands in prayer and the others holding a mala, a kundika, and flowers, wearing a dhoti with incised decoration and jewellery inlaid with later coloured jewels, with a deer skin hanging over his left shoulder, the back of the figure and pedestal incised with floral patterns, the original baseplate in place, 26cm, 1.5kg.

Provenance: previously acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s; and then Christie's New York, 14th September 2010, lot 60. A copy of the Christie's invoice is available.