NEPAL, MALLA PERIOD, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

Compare the five-pointed crown; foliate jewelry motif; long necklaces; and the distinctive folds of the cascading dhoti of the present lot with a fifteenth-century Nepalese bronze figure of Amoghapasha sold at Bonhams New York, 17 September 2014, lot 2. Also compare the cascading dhoti with another contemporaneous Nepalese bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, illustrated by U. von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet: India and Nepal, Hong Kong, 2001, p. 502, no. 16A-B.