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A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI
LOKESHVARA
KASHMIR OR WESTERN TIBET, 10TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus base over a
rectangular plinth, his right hand raised with
palm facing in and the left holding the stem of
a lotus which is blossoming at the shoulder,
clad in an incised dhoti and adorned with a
sacred thread and an antelope skin, the face
with downcast eyes surmounted by the pile
of hair which supports a diminuitive image of
Amitabha, all backed by a conjoined flaming
nimbus and aureole
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 30
November 1982, lot 277.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,
Chicago.
EXHIBITED:
Los Angeles, Neil Kreitman Galleries, "The
Enlightened Ones," May 1980.
LITERATURE:
N. Kreitman, The Enlightened Ones, Los
Angeles, 1980, pl. 10.
喀什米爾或西藏西部 十世紀 銅蓮花手觀音坐像
來源:
Sotheby Parke-Bernet，紐約，1982年11月30日，
拍品編號277。
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
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