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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA (GWANEUM)
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)
Details
A GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA (GWANEUM)
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)
The bodhisattva posed on an integral lotus stand holding the identifying urn in the left palm and wearing drapery knotted at the waist and falling in narrow trails from the shoulders; the reverse of the figure with an oblong recess at the head and a long channel from neck to feet, a mounting peg between the shoulders
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm) high
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)
The bodhisattva posed on an integral lotus stand holding the identifying urn in the left palm and wearing drapery knotted at the waist and falling in narrow trails from the shoulders; the reverse of the figure with an oblong recess at the head and a long channel from neck to feet, a mounting peg between the shoulders
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm) high
Provenance
Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami