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A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
14TH CENTURY
Standing in tribhanga, copper inlaid toes, his right hand stretched downwards in varadamudra, the left stretched downwards as well and formerly holding the lotus stem, fingernails of both hands with copper inlay, wearing dhoti, sash falling over his upper legs, many bodhisattva ornaments, necklace with copper inlay, his face with downcast expression, urna, silver inlaid eyes, copper inlaid lips, pierced elongated earlobes, five leaf crown, patras, high blue painted hairdress set with the tathagata Amitabha, traces of cold gilding, mounted--19½in. (50cm.) high
14TH CENTURY
Standing in tribhanga, copper inlaid toes, his right hand stretched downwards in varadamudra, the left stretched downwards as well and formerly holding the lotus stem, fingernails of both hands with copper inlay, wearing dhoti, sash falling over his upper legs, many bodhisattva ornaments, necklace with copper inlay, his face with downcast expression, urna, silver inlaid eyes, copper inlaid lips, pierced elongated earlobes, five leaf crown, patras, high blue painted hairdress set with the tathagata Amitabha, traces of cold gilding, mounted--19½in. (50cm.) high