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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE STANDING
FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is shown standing on a lotus plinth raised
on a leafy stem, with a willow branch held in the raised right hand and a
kamandalu (‘holy water’ bottle) pendent from the left hand, and wearing long
trailing scarves and a crown centered by a fgure of Amitabha Buddha. The
head is surrounded by an openwork aureole bordered in fames, and the whole
is ftted into a lotus raised on a four-legged rectangular stand with open sides.
3¬ in. (9 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.
唐 鎏金銅觀音菩薩立像
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