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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST COAST COLLECTION
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A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
NEPAL, KHASA MALLA REGION, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
9¡ in. (23.8 cm.) high
$300,000-500,000
PROVENANCE:
William H. Wolff, New York, by 1964.
Robert and Bernice Dickes Collection, New York.
Carlton Rochell, Ltd., New York, 2010.
Private collection, California.
Bonhams New York, 16 March 2015, lot 5.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Asia House Gallery, "The Art of Nepal," Summer 1964,
cat. no. 51.
Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum, "Celestial Realms: The Art of
Nepal from California Collections," 20 October 2012-10 February
2013, cat. no. 16.
LITERATURE:
S. Kramrisch, The Art of Nepal, New York, 1964, pp. 85 and 139,
no. 51.
Carlton Rochell, Ltd., Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Selections
from Robert and Bernice Dickes Collection, New York, 2010.
N. Tingley, Celestial Realms: The Art of Nepal, Sacramento, 2012,
pp. 68-69, no. 16.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 41223.

Cover and illustration from S. Kramrisch, The Art of Nepal, New York,
1964, p. 85, no. 51.
(another view)

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