A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA EKADASAMUDRA, China / Tibet, 18th century

In his eleven-faced form, standing on a lotus base. He is shown with eight arms, the two main ones in atmanjalimudra, and the others in various mudras. In his lower left hand, he holds a kundika. He is dressed in intricately draped robes and adorned with prominent jewelry and a crown.

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. 17 n. 15.

Note di catalogo:

For a similar, larger figure, see the one from the Qing court collection now at the Palace Museum in Beijing, illustrated in Palace Museum 2007, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Buddhist Statues of Tibet, Shanghai, p. 216, no. 206.

On the present lot, XRF analyses have been performed. The chemical analyses reported in this catalog were conducted using an Olympus XRF analyzer, model VCR-CCC-A3 (SN: 823330), equipped with a 40 kV Rhodium tube. Measurements were carried out with an acquisition time of 30 seconds per sample and an analysis radius of 2 millimeters. 

Please note that the element labeled as W (Tungsten) in the results should be interpreted as Au (Gold). The results are expressed as percentages (%) for elements present in larger quantities and in parts per million (PPM) for those present in trace amounts. It is worth noting that 1 PPM corresponds to 0.0001%.

To view the PDF analysis report, please refer to the following link: XRF chemical analysis

鎏金如意寶輪王陀羅尼像，汉/藏，十八世纪