Important Chinese Art

Important Chinese Art

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY

拍賣已結束

September 23, 08:35 PM GMT

估價

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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描述

A BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA

MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY

明十五 / 十六世紀 銅觀音坐像



the bodhisattva seated in a pose of royal ease, flanked by a kundika and a kalavinka bird, the deity's tall topknot encircled by a diadem featuring the spiritual father Amitabha, the body adorned in layers of jewelry, sashes, and flowing garments and supported by a scrolling tripod armrest, wood stand (2)


Height 18½ in., 47 cm

Related bronze figures of Avalokiteshvara in rajalilasana attributed to the Ming period, also flanked by the kalavinka and the kundika, have been sold in these rooms before; see one in gilt-bronze sold 20th March 2019, lot 681. Compare as well a similar figure sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3rd November 1998, lot 1013.