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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN CORPORATE COLLECTION ਫ਼၄ɚϋ ɷ˓ɷᝈࠪ྅ ணЍ͉
A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE PAINTING OF ᕚᗆ
AN ELEVEN-HEADED AND MULTI-ARMED ɽਫ਼၄ɚϋ๋ϣʉʋ ҔɿմԞ࿎ᔠӕܰᄳ
AVALOKITESVARA Ι˖j
DATED CHONGZHEN SECOND YEAR, մԞ࿎Ι
CORRESPONDING TO 1629
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ink and color on silk, the hanging scroll intricately painted ʆʕਠึdɽԦ
with over three hundred Buddhist and Daoist deities, ɽ͍ࣛ˾ 1912 1926 ͟˚͉ᔛɪࠑஈ
dignitaries, and devotees organized around a large central
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% gure of Avalokitesvara, the reverent entourage shrouded
in scrolling clouds parting along the central vertical axis of
the composition revealing a crowned worshipper kneeling in
prayer before a large hexagonal lion throne, the lion throne
surmounted by lotus blossom supporting the Goddess of
Compassion with eleven heads arranged in a pyramidal
formation and seated in dhyanasana with one pair of arms
holding a kalasha vessel in the lap, another set of arms
positioned in anjali mudra at the chest, additional arms
radiating around the body holding various instruments, and
a further set of arm extending upward and holding a small
lotus blossom supporting Amitabha cloaked in a red robe,
above Amitabha a further % gure seated with its back to the
viewer, signed di zi Zhou Bangzhang, dated second year of the
Chongzhen reign, ji si (1629), and with one seal of the artist,
mounted
Overall 133½ by 56½ in., 339.1 by 143.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Yamanaka Shokai, Osaka.
Acquired from the above by a Japanese collector during the
Taisho period (1912-1926).
Sotheby’s New York, 16th September 2009, lot 130.
$ 600,000-800,000
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