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317 A GILT-LACQUER BRONZE FIGURE OF

SHADAKSHARI AVALOKITESHVARA
TIBETO-CHINESE, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

cast in vajraparyankasana with the principal hands in namaskara
mudra, the outer proper left hand raised and holding a blossom
at the shoulder, with an elaborate crown, extravagantly beaded
jewelry, and celestial sashes adorning the body and slender
limbs, all raised on a double-lotus base

Height 5¼ in., 16 cm
PROVENANCE
The Chang Foundation Collection.
LITERATURE
Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei,
1993, pl. 34.
The Sanskrit name Shadakshari literally translates to
‘of six syllables’, referring to the six-syllable mantra of
Avalokiteshvara: om mani padme hum, ‘glory to the jewel
of the lotus.’ The propagation of this mantra owes in part
to the teachings of Guru Chos-dbang (1212-1273) of the
Nyingma sect, according to Gilles Béguin, Dieux du Tibet,
Suilly-la-Tour, 2018, p. 63. In this form, Avalokiteshvara is
a protector of Tibet and the Potala monastery. The Dalai
Lama is an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, and the name of
the monastery refers to Potalaka, the bodhisattva’s home.

藏漢 十六 / 十七世紀 銅鎏金四臂觀音坐像
來源
鴻禧美術館收藏
出版
《金銅佛造像圖錄》，台北，1993年，圖版34

$ 15,000-20,000