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116 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 10 SEPTEMBER 2019 BODIES OF INFINITE LIGHT

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
COLLECTION
329 AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GILT-

LACQUER, POLYCHROME WOOD
AND GESSO FIGURE OF JINASAGARA
AVALOKITESHVARA AND CONSORT
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE PERIOD

the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with his principal hands held
together before his chest in anjali mudra, his secondary hands
at shoulder level, once holding mala and padma, with the padma
stem remaining in the proper left hand, the deity in union with
his consort with her arms reaching over the shoulders of the
bodhisattva and holding a kartrika in her right hand, a kapala now
missing from her left, both deities wearing elaborate bodhisattva
jewelry and heavily patterned robes, a circular plug on the
underside sealing a chamber, seated on a waisted lotus pedestal
bordered with bands of rounded pearls (2)
HAR item no. 64935

Height 22 in., 55.9 cm
PROVENANCE
American Private Collection (by repute).
Collection of Stuart Perrin (b. 1942).
Arnold Lieberman, New York, until 1981.
Collection of Jeffrey Novick, until 1983.
Collection of Douglas Rosestone, until 1996.
Collection of Dr. Bruce Gordon, until 2004.
American Private Collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 16th September 2008, lot 173.
EXHIBITED
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2006-2008 (on loan).
明宣德 木雕彩塑大悲勝海紅觀音像
來源
美國私人藏家收藏（傳）
Stuart Perrin（1942年生）收藏
Arnold Lieberman，紐約，至1981年
Jeffrey Novick 收藏，至1983年
Douglas Rosestone 收藏，至1996年
Bruce Gordon 醫生收藏，至2004年
美國私人收藏
紐約蘇富比2008年9月16日，編號173

展覽
達拉斯藝術博物館，達拉斯，2006至2008年（借展）

$ 1,000,000-1,500,000