Live Auction 2510The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection
A stone figure of Avalokiteshvara
Lot 31

A stone figure of Avalokiteshvara

NEPAL, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

Closed22 March 2011

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USD 43,750

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A stone figure of Avalokiteshvara
Nepal, 12th/13th century
Standing on a lotus base and holding the stem of a lotus, wearing a short dhoti with sacred thread, sash and a tall crown centered by Amitabha, backed by a halo and torana with beaded and petalled borders
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high

The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983

Specialist note

For a closely related example from the 15th century, also in the Alsdorf collection, see P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 130 and 309, cat. no. 167.