CIRCA 1700

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A MONGOLIAN PARCEL-GILT COPPER MULTI-ARMED AVALOKITESVARA
CIRCA 1700
The deity is modelled leaning gently to one side, seated with legs crossed in dhyanasana on an integral triangular double-lotus base. Each of the foreheads is centred with an urna and all three heads crowned with an elaborate repoussé worked diadem inset with hardstones. The principal hands hold a double vajra whilst the other pairs in different gestures hold a bow and an arrow. The figure is adorned with bejewelled earrings and festooned with beaded jewellery.
20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) high

Provenance

Spink & Son, London, circa 1992

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Lot Essay

The embellishment of the jewellery and the treatment of the celestial scarf are similar to that on a figure of Manjusri, dating to the 17th/first half of 18th century, illustrated in On the Path to Enlightenment, The Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg Zurich, 1995, p. 114, no. 65. Compare also two other examples in the Folkens Museum Etnografiska, Stockholm, illustrated in Wisdom and Compassion - The Sacred Art of Tibet, Thames and Hudson, 1991, pp. 144-145, nos. 35-36.

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