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11 A SMALL GILT!BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
TANG DYNASTY

਽ 䞲䢼䛾㻭䴠౽׼
finely cast with the bodhisattva seated in lalitsana atop a lotus throne, the proper right arm raised and bearing a
lotus flower whilst the proper left hand rests on the left knee, the bare chest adorned with beaded necklaces and
the dhoti secured at the waist and falling in folds over the lotus throne, all raised on a square pedestal base
Height 3¼ in., 8.1 cm

$ 10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1st November 1956. Nagatani Inc 喑㟊ߍ਒喑1956Ꭱ11ᰵ1ᬒ
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓喍1978Ꭱ䕊喎ᩣ㫼

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