A CENTRAL JAVANESE SILVER AND BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA, seated in vajrasana on a separate cast bronze lotus-base, his principle hands in in varadamudra and resting on his lap, his upper hands holding probably padma and pustaka, wearing dhoti, upavita, crown, his face slightly rubbed, Buddha Amitabha in front of the jatamakuta hairdress, ring-shaped halo behind the head, unsealed, 9th Century
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A CENTRAL JAVANESE SILVER AND BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA, seated in vajrasana on a separate cast bronze lotus-base, his principle hands in in varadamudra and resting on his lap, his upper hands holding probably padma and pustaka, wearing dhoti, upavita, crown, his face slightly rubbed, Buddha Amitabha in front of the jatamakuta hairdress, ring-shaped halo behind the head, unsealed, 9th Century
6.5 cm high
Provenance
Spink and Son, London
Lot Essay
See illustration (p. 69)
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