Lot Essay
The inscription on the verso indicates this was one of a group of statues made by the Newari Tuladhara family to mark the Bhimaratha initiation of the parents, and also to honor their deceased ancestors.
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TIBET, DATED NS 937 (1817 AD)
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, dated NS 937 (1817 AD)
Standing regally over a double-lotus base with his hands lowered, clad in a long dhoti secured by a beaded pendant belt and a deer skin wrapped across his shoulders, further adorned with beaded jewelry and a tiara inset with hardstones, his face in serene expression with almond-shaped eyes and an urna centered on his brow, his long hair pulled into a high chignon ornamented with a seated Buddha, joined at his feet by separately-cast worshippers backed by lotus petal mandalas and seated over lotus bases, all backed by a foliate double aureole with a stupa at top within a third foliate aureole and a three-headed, eight-armed deity set within a niche
20¼ in (51.4 cm.) high
Tibet, dated NS 937 (1817 AD)
Standing regally over a double-lotus base with his hands lowered, clad in a long dhoti secured by a beaded pendant belt and a deer skin wrapped across his shoulders, further adorned with beaded jewelry and a tiara inset with hardstones, his face in serene expression with almond-shaped eyes and an urna centered on his brow, his long hair pulled into a high chignon ornamented with a seated Buddha, joined at his feet by separately-cast worshippers backed by lotus petal mandalas and seated over lotus bases, all backed by a foliate double aureole with a stupa at top within a third foliate aureole and a three-headed, eight-armed deity set within a niche
20¼ in (51.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 20-21 September 1985, lot 52
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim
Private collection, New York, acquired 16 September 2008, lot 542
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim
Private collection, New York, acquired 16 September 2008, lot 542
Exhibited
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 1971