KASHMIR SCHOOL IN WESTERN TIBET, 10TH/11TH CENTURY

Details

A rare silver inlaid bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara
Kashmir School in Western Tibet, 10th/11th century
Standing in a slight sway with his right hand extended and his left holding the long stem of an eight petalled lotus, clad in a dhoti incised with bands of floral scrolls and secured at his waist with a long sash, an antelope skin and a shawl draped over his shoulders, adorned with earrings, armlets and necklaces inlaid with silver, his face in a benign expression with inlaid silver eyes and urna centered on his brow, with his hair pulled into a high chignon secured by a tall crown with an effigy of his spiritual father Amitabha at center, with a lustrous deep chocolate brown patina
15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in New York before 1972

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Lot Essay

This is a superbly and elegantly executed bronze displaying characteristic Kashmiri features such as the large silver inlaid almond-shaped eyes and graceful modeling. Instead of a brass alloy typically employed in Kashmir, it is cast from a rich copper alloy. A related example is in the Norton Simon Museum, see U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 133, fig. 23E.

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