A RARE ELEVEN-HEADED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

Price realised GBP 8,812
Estimate
GBP 6,000 – GBP 8,000
Closed: 13 Nov 2001
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A RARE ELEVEN-HEADED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

Price realised GBP 8,812
Closed: 13 Nov 2001
Price realised GBP 8,812
Closed: 13 Nov 2001
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A RARE ELEVEN-HEADED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Shown seated in dhyanasana, wearing a dhoti secured by a band around the waist and draping across the legs, the borders incised with lotus pattern repeated on the shawl draped over the shoulders, the celestial scarf wrapped around the arms falling to the lotus base, the primary hands held before the chest in vajra-anjalikarmamudra and a subsidiary pair held in the lap in dhyanamudra supporting an alms bowl, the remaining twenty pairs of arms fanning out from the shoulders and each hand either holding an attribute or positioned in a mudra, the twenty-first pair of hands raised to hold the figure of Amitabha on a lotus platform above three tiers of heads, the two lower tiers with three heads each, the top tier with a single head, attribute chips
12.5 in. (31.8 cm.) high
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