CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE

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STATUE TANTRIQUE D'AVALOKITESVARA EN BRONZE POLYCHROME
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE
Représenté debout sur un socle lotiforme, ses deux mains principales en abhishekhamudra, ses dix autres bras rayonnant autour de lui, les mains tenant divers attributs, vêtu d'une jupe souple maintenue à la taille et rehaussée de rubans et perlages, les épaules recouvertes d'une étoffe, le visage serein, les yeux mi-clos, le front ceint d'une tiare ouvragée dans laquelle apparaît le Bouddha Amithaba ; petits accidents
Hauteur: 56 cm. (22 in.)

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A POLYCHROME BRONZE TWELVE-ARMED FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Avalokitesvara, also known as Guanyin, is the Bodhisattva of compassion and the protector of the world. The 'One-thousand-armed' Avalokitesvara belongs to esoteric Buddhism with the arms symbolising his many powers for saving the world and helping followers to gain enlightenment.

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