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ɤ ɽ ᝈ A HIGHLY IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF
ɓ ଣ ˰ AVALOKITESHVARA, ACUOYE GUANYIN,
Ї ਷ ࠪ DALI KINGDOM, 11TH - 12TH CENTURY

ɤ ⺗ മ elegantly seated in lalitasana with one leg pendant, the right hand raised in vitarka mudra, the gesture of teaching, the left arm lowered
ɚ ږ ᔜ in varada mudra, the gesture of bestowing wishes, displaying a regal composure and a serene facial expression, the hair neatly piled up
˰ ზ ̒ into a tall and elaborate crown accommodating an image of Amitabha Buddha, with long loops of plaited hair reaching the shoulders,
lavishly adorned with jewellery such as a headdress and armlets with three-pointed diadem design, large earrings and a bejewelled
ߏ ڛ ⌉ neckplate, rendered with a slender body with broad shoulders, the upper torse bare showing the graceful tautness of the figure, wearing
෾ ྅ a dhoti secured with a waist cloth which terminates in a bow affixed with a clasp in the form of a floral medallion, wood stand
h. 37.8 cm, overall 41.9 cm
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PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Collection of Peng Kai-dong, alias Nitta Muneichi (1912-2006), ుฺಊ€1912-2006ϋdɦΤอ͞ಊɓϗᔛdอ͞ණᔛ
the Nitta Group Collection. ࠰ಥԳɻ੻1998ϋ4˜26˚dᇜ໮606
Christie's Hong Kong, 26th April 1998, lot 606. τܠჃdॲߒd1998ϋ7˜30˚
R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 30th July 1998.
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EXHIBITED
ږზНி྅त࢝ྡ፽gอ͞ණᔛ‘d݂ࢗ௹ي৫d̨̏d
Jintong fo zaoxiang tezhan tulu / The Crucible of Compassion and
Wisdom: Special Exhibition Catalogue of the Buddhist Bronzes 1987ϋ
from the Nitta Group Collection at the National Palace Museum, Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987. Private Collections‘d˚͉՘ึ࿬̺ኁд؍௹ي᎜dॲߒd1999
Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York ϋ
Private Collections, Japan Society Gallery, in association with the ̈وj
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, 1999.
ږზНி྅त࢝ྡ፽gอ͞ණᔛ‘d̨̏d1987ϋdᇜ໮105
LITERATURE
John Angd”The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom•dԭ
Jintong fo zaoxiang tezhan tulu / The Crucible of Compassion and ݲᖵஔ‘d1988ϋ7/8˜dࠫ91-103dྡ21
Wisdom: Special Exhibition Catalogue of the Buddhist Bronzes Robert E. Fisherd”The Nitta Collection of Chinese Bronzes•d
from the Nitta Group Collection at the National Palace Museum, Orientations‘d1990ϋ7˜dࠫ39-45dྡ4€ྡ˪ˀໄ
Taipei, 1987, cat. no. 105. John Guyd”The Avalokiteśvara of Yunnan and Some South
John Ang, 'The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom', Arts of East Asian ConnectionsdSouth East Asia & China: Art,
Asia, July-August 1988, pp. 91-103, fig. 21.
Robert E. Fisher, 'The Nitta Collection of Chinese Bronzes', Interaction & Commerce. Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in
Orientations, July 1990, pp. 39-45, fig. 4 (illustration mirrored). Asia‘dୋ17ಂdࡐ౱d1994ϋdࠫ64-83dྡ12
John Guy, 'The Avalokiteśvara of Yunnan and Some South East Amy G. Poster ʿ Richard M. Barnhart ഃdCrosscurrents:
Asian Connections', South East Asia & China: Art, Interaction Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private
& Commerce. Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia, no. 17, Collections‘dॲߒd1999ϋdᇜ໮11
London, 1994, pp. 64-83, fig. 12.
Amy G. Poster, Richard M. Barnhart, et.al., Crosscurrents:
Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections,
New York, 1999, cat. no. 11.

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