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                                                                            A GILT COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF
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A GILT-COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF                                               Tibet, 14th/15th century
AVALOKITESHVARA CHATURBHUJA                                                 The deity seated in lalitasana on a beaded double
Tibet, circa 15th century                                                   lotus base, the right hand lowered in varada
The figure seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus                           mudra, the left hand raised to the chest, flanked
base, the main hands in anjali mudra, the others in                         on both sides by a blossoming lotus stem, wearing
vitarkamudra, flanked by a lotus stem and wearing a                         a dhoti embellished with beaded jewellery inset
beaded dhoti, the hair drawn up into a high chignon                         with hardstones, the hair piled in a high chignon
surrounded by a foliate tiara, the base cast with a                         surrounded by a foliate tiara. 16cm (6 2/8in) high
double vajra. 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high                                         £4,000 - 6,000
                                                                            HK$47,000 - 71,000
£3,000 - 4,000                                                              CNY39,000 - 58,000
HK$35,000 - 47,000                                                          西藏十四/十五世紀 赤銅鎏金多羅菩薩坐像
CNY29,000 - 39,000                                                          Provenance: the Jeannette Claude Jongen
                                                                            collection of Buddhist Art
西藏約十五世紀 赤銅鎏金四手觀世音菩薩坐像                                                       Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art
                                                                            Lamaique et de L’Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, p.121,
Provenance: the Jeannette Claude Jongen                                     pl.29 (the catalogue is offered as part of the lot).
collection of Buddhist Art                                                  來源: Jeannette Claude Jongen夫人珍藏
                                                                            佛教藝術品
Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art                            收錄及出版: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art Lamaique et
Lamaique et de L’Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, p.121,                           de L’Himalaya, 布魯塞爾, 1978年, 頁121, 圖29
pl.28 (the catalogue is offered as part of the lot).                        (此拍品將附贈圖錄一冊)

來源: Jeannette Claude Jongen夫人珍藏                       82
佛教藝術品

收錄及出版: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art Lamaique et
de L’Himalaya, 布魯塞爾, 1978年, 頁121, 圖28
(此拍品將附贈圖錄一冊)

Compare with a larger example of the same period
sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 10 June 2015, lot 176.
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