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A STONE STELE OF CHINTAMANI LOKESHVARA Padmapani completes the trio. This subject is rare in stone sculpture,
NEPAL, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY but is repeated in an early 18th-century paubha (Pal, An Aesthetic
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61902 Adventure, Chicago, 2003, p.82, no.47) and a lamp in the Los Angeles
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm) high County Museum of Art (Pal, Art of Nepal, Los Angeles, 1985, p.141,
no.S71). For a stylistic comparison in stone, see a Vishnu and Lakshmi
$15,000 - 20,000 panel sold at Christie’s, New York, 20 September 2006, lot 116.
尼泊爾 約十六世紀 倚樹觀音石碑 Provenance
Heinrich von Brentano, Berlin, 1964
On the right side of this finely carved stele, Avalokiteshvara holds Hans Battenburg, Dusseldorf
the trunk of the wish-fullfilling tree, and delivers a plucked boon to Thence by descent
a crowned celestial helper (purusha) holding a sack below. Tara
stands in the center with the lotus and lily flowering from her pure,
divine being. On the left, another representation of Avalokitesvara as
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