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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ELEVEN-HEADED
AVALOKITESHVARA
18th century
Finely cast standing with eight arms and eleven
heads arranged in five tiers surmounted by one
head with a wrathful expression topped by a small
head of Amitabha Buddha, the principal hands held
in anjalimudra, the others fanned out in various
mudras and holding various attributes, the body
adorned with elaborate jewellery and fluttering
scarves, with a deer skin slung across one shoulder,
stand attached.
29cm (11 3/8in) high.

£20,000 - 30,000
CNY180,000 - 270,000

十八世紀 銅鎏金十一面觀音菩薩立像

A similar gilt-bronze figure of an eleven-headed
Avalokiteshvara, 18th century, is illustrated by
U.von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong
Kong, 2008, pp.552-553, pl.158C. Another gilt-
bronze figure of an eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara,
17th/18th century, is illustrated in Buddhist Images
in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, p.106, no.46.

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18th century
Seated cross-legged in dhyanasana on a lotus
pedestal, the Goddess of Mercy modelled with
a benign face beneath a sweeping veil covering
an image of the Buddha, dressed in long flowing
robe opening at the chest to reveal the elaborate
necklace and jewellery, the right hand raised in
karana mudra, the other placed on the lap holding
a bottle vase.
10.2cm (4in) high

£3,500 - 4,500
CNY31,000 - 40,000

十八世紀 銅鎏金觀音坐像

Provenance: Nagel Stuttgart, 30 October 2009,
lot 553
A distinguished European private collection

來源：
2009年10月30日於德國斯圖加特納高拍賣，拍品
553號
顯貴歐洲私人收藏
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