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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ELEVEN-HEADED
AVALOKITESHVARA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
cast with eight arms and eleven heads arranged in
four tiers and surmounted by Amitabha, standing on
a double-lotus base, the principle hands held in anjali
mudra, the others fanned out and holding respective
attributes, adorned with beaded jewellery and clad in a
long scarf with ends flowing down to the feet and a dhoti
detailed with incised floral borders
Height 33 cm, 13 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Astrid Ibsen-Sørensen (1892-1987), collected in
China before 1936.
In the family by descent.
£ 15,000-25,000
HK$ 147,000-245,000 US$ 18,800-31,200
清十八世紀 鎏金銅十一面觀音立像
來源
Astrid Ibsen-Sørensen （1892-1987年）收藏，於1936年
以前購自中國，此後家族傳承

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