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1 A SMALL GILT!BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
SUI / EARLY TANG DYNASTY

䮸 ਽݊ 䞲䢼䛾㻭䴠⿸׼
finely cast in the form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara standing elegantly in tribhanga atop a hexagonal lotus
base, the delicate and slender figure portrayed with the left elbow bent and holding a long willow branch, with
a globular kamandalu bottle in the right, adorned in a dhoti and long scarves draped over the shoulders and
arms, the downcast gaze surmounted by an elaborate headdress, the back of the head with a small loop for the
attachment of a mandorla

Height 3⅞ in., 9.9 cm

$ 10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
C.T. Loo, Paris. Ⱄ㟦呸喑ጡ叻
Collection of Sir Percival David (1892-1964), ๔㋚ᓤ❢ธ (1892-1964) ᩣ㫼喑㜠1939Ꭱ11ᰵ
until November 1939. ᑄ㭚ٸɀࢎ㒲喍Ⱄ㟦呸㎩Шϧ喎喑㈽㈱喑1953Ꭱ2ᰵ26ᬒ
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New York, ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓喍1978Ꭱ䕊喎ᩣ㫼
26th February 1953.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

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