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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI AVALOKITESHVARA
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

The four-armed bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base,
his primary hands folded in anjalimudra in front of his heart, clad in a dhoti
incised with a foliate pattern and a shawl incised with a cloud pattern, an
antelope skin hanging over his left shoulder, adorned with multiple beaded
necklaces, bracelets, earrings and tiara inlaid with hardstones, the hair piled
into a high chignon centered with Amitabha, the base sealed and incised
with a double-vajra
13¬ in. (34.6 cm.) high

$600,000-800,000

PROVENANCE:

The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired in London, 20 June 1972

EXHIBITED:

Tantric Buddhist Art, China House Gallery, China Institute of
America, New York, 14 March 1974 – 24 May 1974

PUBLISHED:

E. Olson, Tantric Buddhist Art, 1974, pp.25, 53,
cat. no.12
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org),
item no. 24028
E. Olson, “Tantric Buddhist Art,” Orientations,
May 1974, p.50, fg.3

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