A GOLD-INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE DEPICTING AVALOKITESHVARA Sri Lanka, late Anuradhapura period, 9th/10th century

the bodhisattva seated in lalitasana on a double lotus throne, with tall headdress and gold-inlaid urna, the right hand extended in varada mudra and the left hand grasping the stem of the lotus attribute, wearing the bodhisattva jewelry, short dhoti and a beaded yajnopativam 

J.J. Klejman, acquired 1973, by repute; thence by descent. 

Gold inlay at urna. Wear and accretion throughout. Scattered small holes/losses (1mm- 1cm) at lotus throne front and back. Traces of vermillion powder at crown.
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Compare bronzes of the late Anuradhapura period (ca. 300-1000), see U. von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka, p. 281, pls. 75E-F.