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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE STANDING
FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is shown standing in tribangha on a waisted
double lotus base holding a kamandalu (`holy water’) bottle pendent from
the right hand and a willow branch in the raised left hand, and wearing bead
necklaces, long scarves that trail down the sides of the body and a ribbon-
hung crown centered by a fgure of Amitabha Buddha. An attachment tab
projects from the back.
2æ in. (7 cm. ) high, gilt-wood stand
$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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