Beschreibung:

Tibet. Cast seated in dhyanasana, the principal hands held in anjalimudra, the upper right hand holding a rosary and the upper left a lotus bud. Richly adorned in beaded and floral jewelry, wearing a billowing scarf, the serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes, urna, and slender lips forming a subtle smile, the hair arranged in a tall chignon behind the five-leaf crown. Provenance: From an old Swiss private collection and thence by descent. Condition: Good condition with old wear, minor nicks and dents, few small losses, wear to gilt. Old piercing to back. Remnants of ancient polychromes, with minuscule touch-ups. The aperture at the back of the head is unsealed. Weight: 531.6 g Dimensions: Height 14.6 cm The back of the head cast with an unsealed aperture filled with a piece of clay, probably serving as consecrated relic container. The four-armed (chaturbhuja) emanation of Avalokiteshvara is regarded as the patron deity of Tibet and believed to be incarnate in the succession of Dalai Lamas. The popular Tibetan mantra om mani padme hum, ‘praise to the jewel in the lotus’, invokes the compassion of the bodhisattva Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara. Auction result comparison: Compare a related but larger (40.2 cm high) parcel-gilt copper alloy figure of Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara, dated 13th-14th century, at Sotheby’s Paris in Arts d’Asie on 11 December 2020, lot 30, sold for EUR 119,700. 十三至十五世紀銅鎏金四臂觀音坐像 西藏。 觀音菩薩結全跏趺坐，一面四臂，主臂雙手於胸前合掌，外側兩臂屈肘上舉，右手持念珠，左手持蓮花。面相豐潤，雙目細長凝視眾生，雙唇微抿。頭頂束高髮髻，餘髮垂肩，頭戴五葉寶冠，胸前佩項圈和連珠式瓔珞。 來源：瑞士私人收藏，保存至今。 品相： 品相良好，有舊磨損，輕微的划痕和凹痕，小缺損，鎏金部分磨損。舊穿孔一直到背部。舊時顔料殘餘，有微小的修飾。 頭部後未密封。 重量：531.6 克 尺寸：高14.6 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相似但稍大 (高40.2 厘米) 鎏金合金銅四臂觀音十三至十四世紀，巴黎蘇富比Arts d’Asie 2020年12月11日 lot 30, 售價EUR 119,700。