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NEPAL, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
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A Large Copper Figure of Avalokiteshvara*
Nepal, 15th/16th Century
Standing with his left leg slightly advanced, his right hand lowered in the openhanded gesture of varada mudra and incised with a chakra, wearing a short dhoti secured with a sash sweeping in elegant folds down the center, his face with a serene expression with crisply modeled features, the hair finely braided in an elaborate topknot and centered by a small image of Amitabha, the body with remains of red lacquer
41¼ in. (104.8 cm.) high
Nepal, 15th/16th Century
Standing with his left leg slightly advanced, his right hand lowered in the openhanded gesture of varada mudra and incised with a chakra, wearing a short dhoti secured with a sash sweeping in elegant folds down the center, his face with a serene expression with crisply modeled features, the hair finely braided in an elaborate topknot and centered by a small image of Amitabha, the body with remains of red lacquer
41¼ in. (104.8 cm.) high
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Christian Humann, 1971 (1971.198)
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