A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE TANTRIC FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Shown seated in dhyanasana with the principal pair of hands in abhiseka mudra and eight further pairs of hands extended and holding various objects, including an axe, phurbu, elixir bottle, wheel of law and lotus flower, dressed in long flowing robes open at the chest to expose an elaborate necklace and waist-tied dhoti, the face cast with serene expression, the elongated earlobes set with jewelled earrings and the hair pulled up into a tall coiffure behind the five-point crown, each tier set with a figure of Sakyamuni Buddha
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE TANTRIC FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Shown seated in dhyanasana with the principal pair of hands in abhiseka mudra and eight further pairs of hands extended and holding various objects, including an axe, phurbu, elixir bottle, wheel of law and lotus flower, dressed in long flowing robes open at the chest to expose an elaborate necklace and waist-tied dhoti, the face cast with serene expression, the elongated earlobes set with jewelled earrings and the hair pulled up into a tall coiffure behind the five-point crown, each tier set with a figure of Sakyamuni Buddha
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
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