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A LARGE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF
A SEATED AVALOKITESHVARA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
the deity seated in dhyanasana, his left hand in abhaya mudra
and right hand in varada mudra, dressed in a dhoti tied at
the waist exposing his gilded chest decorated in beaded
necklaces, his shoulders draped with a shawl with incised
floral hems, the gilded serene face framed by long pendulous
earlobes with heavy earrings and hair tied in a tall chignon
secured by a crown with Amitabha Buddha in the centre, the
shoulders draped with two long braids, seated upon a separate
lotus pedestal base, rising up from green waves enclosed by a
small six-sided balustrade
overall 58.5 cm, 23 in.
PROVENANCE
An Asian private collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2011, lot 3055.
HK$ 550,000-650,000
US$ 70,500-83,000

明十六世紀 局部鎏金銅觀世音菩薩坐像
來源：
亞洲私人收藏
香港蘇富比2011年4月8日，編號3055

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