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A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA, China / Tibet, 18th / 19th century
h cm 28
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with the hands in prithvi mudra. Wears a wide dhoti chiseled at the edges, leaving the chest exposed, from which a necklace hangs. Above the long hair, which falls in strands over the shoulders, wears a five-pointed diadem.
Provenance: from the Ullman collection, Italy.
Exhibitions: Le montagne Sacre, Antica Arte del Tibet, 12 February - 20 March 1994, Modena, Palazzo Comunale.
Literature: Lo Bue F. Erberto 1994, Le Montagne Sacre, Antica Arte del Tibet, Modena, pag. 25 n. 25.
铜鎏金观音像，汉/藏，十八/十九世纪