Page 62 - 2021 March 15th Fine Chinese Paintings and Works of Art, Bonhams NYC New York

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION For a very similar eighteen-armed cast bronze Guanyin, see
Bonhams, San Francisco, 20 June 2012, lot 8249. For a very
62 similar though larger bronze figure with traces of gilt decoration, see
A BRONZE MULTI-ARMED TANTRIC FIGURE OF GUANYIN Christie’s, New York, 13 September 2012, lot 1270. Our example
Late Ming Dynasty, 16/17th Century has eighteen rather than the sixteen arms of that example, but is
The eighteen-armed bodhisattva seated in lalitasana with the primary similarly seated, with primary hands held in the respectful gesture
hands held in abiseka mudra (annointing), the remaining arms radiating of salutation and with the remaining arms clutching ritual objects.
out from the body and holding ritual objects, wearing ribboned robes A more elaborate figure of Guanyin (Tantric Avalokitesvara) with
and jewelry, the full face with third ‘dharma eye’ to the forehead twenty-four arms and seven heads is illustrated by James Spencer,
beneath an elaborate diadem. Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, pp. 86-87, no. 36.
7 1/2in (19cm) high

$4,000 - 6,000

明晚期 十六/十七世紀 千手觀音銅像

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