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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
The eleven-headed fgure standing on a single lotus base,
his eight arms radiating around him and his principal
hands folded in anjalimudra, wearing long fowing robes
with detailed ornamentation, his heads adorned with
foliate tiaras
7¿ in. (18 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired by
4 March 1973
PUBLISHED:
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org),
item no. 24070
THE SPORER COLLECTION OF HIMALAYAN SCULPTURE 99
