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A BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
TIBET, 12TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61757
10.3 cm (4 in.) high

HK$150,000 - 250,000

In classic form, Padmapani stands in the triple-flexed pose with a
long stem down his left side supporting a budding lotus blossom.
The figure is closely informed by the Pala style with a high chignon,
crown ribbons, looped belt, and striped lower garment. These
elements are also shown across three standing bodhisattvas that
show early Tibetan sculpture’s close borrowing from the Indian style
in Huntington & Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree, Ohio, 1990,
nos.136-8.

觀音菩薩銅像
西藏，十二世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61757號
高10.3釐米（4 英吋）

150,000 - 250,000 港元

觀音菩薩呈標誌性的三折枝式站立，左手執一蓮莖，蓮莖順手臂至肩
部開出花朵。造像帕拉風格濃郁，束髮高髻，飾有繒帶，下身著條文
薄裙，腰間飾有環狀腰帶。類似特征可參照三尊早期西藏模仿印度風
格所造的菩薩像，參見Huntington&Huntington，《Leaves from the
Bodhi Tree》，俄亥俄，1990年，圖136-8。