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

PROPERTY OF A LADY
327 AN EMBROIDERED SILK THANGKA

DEPICTING EKADASHAMUKHA
AVALOKITESHVARA
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the bodhisattva with eleven heads and eight arms, adorned in an
elaborate dhoti, flowing patterned robes and jewelry, with two
hands held together in namaskara mudra, one held out in varada
mudra, and the other hands each holding a different attribute
including a dharma wheel, a mala, a lotus blossom, a bow,
and a long-life vessel, standing against a halo radiating golden
threads of light, atop a large lotus flower emerging from the
waters, a further leafy scroll of lush lotuses extending upwards
to frame the aureole, mountains in the distance, surmounted by
Shakyamuni, Bhaisayaguru, and Vairocana on lotus bases in the
heavens, Tsongkhapa and a Gelug teacher at the bottom, both
in front of tables laden with offering vessels, rolled-up thangkas
and scriptures, predominantly worked in a palette of blue, gold
and cream in silk floss and couched threads on a midnight blue
ground, with navy and gold silk damask mounting, framed
24 by 16 in., 60.5 by 40 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Major-General of U.S. Army forces in China, William
Durward Connor (1874-1960); acquired in Tianjin, 10th March,
1926.
Sloan’s Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 4th May 1962, lot 500.
Collection of U.S. Diplomat William M. Campbell (1938-2016),
and thence by descent.
清康熙 刺繡十一面千手千眼觀音唐卡
來源
美國陸軍少將 William Durward Connor（1874-1960）收藏，
購於天津，1926年3月10日
Sloan’s Art Galleries，華盛頓，1962年5月4日，編號500
美國外交官 William M. Campbell（1938-2016）收藏，
此後家族傳承

$ 80,000-120,000