STATUETTE DE MAHAKARUNALOKESHVARA EN BRONZE DORE

INDE DU NORD-EST, EPOQUE PALA, XIEME-XIIEME SIECLE

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STATUETTE DE MAHAKARUNALOKESHVARA EN BRONZE DORE
INDE DU NORD-EST, EPOQUE PALA, XIEME-XIIEME SIECLE
Représenté assis en rajalilasana sur un lotus, appuyé sur sa main gauche, la droite posée sur sa cuisse, paré de bijoux et du ruban de méditation, la dorure postérieure
Hauteur: 12 cm. (4¾ in.)

來源

Formerly in a Swiss private collection, acquired before 1980
Presently from a German private collector

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKARUNALOKESHVARA
NORTHEAST INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

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Mathilde Courteault

mcourteault@christies.com 01 40 76 86 05

拍品專文

Mahakaruna or the Great Compassionate is seated in an elegant though royal posture on the lotus base with his right leg entwined by the meditation band. His right hand is bent at the wrist while the other placed behind the left leg and grasping the lotus stem. A minute figure of his spiritual father Amitabha is present in his hair dress and denotes him as the Lord of Compassion. This presentation is rather rare to come across. The fine modelling of this bronze with its slender body, lavishly ornamented, is characteristic for the high level of casting during the Pala period.