Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 85
A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA 14TH/15TH CENTURY The eleven-faced Bodhisattva stands...
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £5500
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Description
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.