A turquoise-inlaid gilt-copper alloy figure of Avalokiteshvara, Tibet, 15th century | 十五世紀 藏傳銅鎏金嵌綠松石觀音坐像

Acquired in Brussels during the 1970s or early 1980s.

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於1970至1980年代得自布魯塞爾

This finely cast statue of a bodhisattva is identified as Avalokiteshvara by the antelope skin over the left shoulder and the single lotus flower held in the left hand. The deity wears a finely engraved dhoti, with the left hand resting on the base supporting his weight and holding the stem of a lotus flower, and seated on a double lotus pedestal in regal posture with right knee raised (rajalilasana).

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此尊佛像鑄造精美，左肩披覆羚羊皮，左手蓮花，其特徵符合圖像學中觀音造像。本尊觀音腰繫華麗腰布（dhoti），身飾數顆綠松石，雕刻細膩。其左手握蓮花莖，端坐於雙層蓮花座上，右膝抬起，呈現威嚴而典雅的王者姿態（rajalilasana）。