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A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
NEPALESE, 14TH CENTURY
Shown standing with hips swaped to the right, the stem of a lotus held in the left hand and the right hand held in varamudra, wearing a thin, scarf-draped skirt, bejeweled body ornaments and an ornate diadem, the face finely cast with crisp features and a slender urna, the hair painted black and dressed in curly plaits and in a high topknot surmounted by a seated figure of Amitabha Buddha, some wear to gilding
15 3/8in. (39cm.) high, metal stand
NEPALESE, 14TH CENTURY
Shown standing with hips swaped to the right, the stem of a lotus held in the left hand and the right hand held in varamudra, wearing a thin, scarf-draped skirt, bejeweled body ornaments and an ornate diadem, the face finely cast with crisp features and a slender urna, the hair painted black and dressed in curly plaits and in a high topknot surmounted by a seated figure of Amitabha Buddha, some wear to gilding
15 3/8in. (39cm.) high, metal stand
Provenance
Alice Boney Collection