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Lot Essay
Compare this example with a Guanyin much smaller and dated to the Song-period, sold by Christie's New York, 20 March 2001, lot 62.
As Derek Gillman mentioned it is most likely that this type of rajalilasana was adopted by sculptors from the Hinduist Art of South- and East-India during the 8th and 10th Century. After the fall of the Tang-dynasty during the 10th Century, there were probably Chinese pilgrims who brought Avalokitesvara figures in rajalilasana for the first time from Sri Lanka to China, compare A New Image in Chinese Buddhist Sculpture of the Tenth to Thirteenth Century, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 47 (1982-1983), p. 33-44.
As Derek Gillman mentioned it is most likely that this type of rajalilasana was adopted by sculptors from the Hinduist Art of South- and East-India during the 8th and 10th Century. After the fall of the Tang-dynasty during the 10th Century, there were probably Chinese pilgrims who brought Avalokitesvara figures in rajalilasana for the first time from Sri Lanka to China, compare A New Image in Chinese Buddhist Sculpture of the Tenth to Thirteenth Century, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 47 (1982-1983), p. 33-44.