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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The fgure is shown seated on a double lotus base in dhyanasana with right A gilt-bronze fgure of Vairocana, of slightly larger size (13.5 in. high), dated
hand raised in vitarkamudra and left hand in dhyanamudra. The face is cast to the Yuan dynasty, 14th century, with a very similar crown, ear ornaments,
with a serene expression with downcast eyes. The hair is upswept into a loose-ftting dhoti, as well as the broad lotus petals on the base, is illustrated
topknot behind a fve-leaf crown centered by a seated fgure of Amitabha by Dr. R. R. Bigler, Before Yongle: Chinese and Tibeto-Chinese Buddhist
Buddha, and falls in long tresses onto the shoulders behind the elongated ears Sculpture of the 13th and 14th Centuries, Zurich, 2015, p. 40, no. 6.
adorned with earrings. The long robes are open at the chest to reveal a beaded 元末/明初 鎏金銅觀音菩薩坐像
necklace.
10æ in. (27.3 cm.) high
$15,000-25,000

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