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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ACUOYE GUANYIN
DALI KINGDOM, YUNNAN PROVINCE, 12TH CENTURY
A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ACUOYE GUANYIN DALI KINGDOM, YUNNAN PROVINCE, 12TH CENTURY The tall, slender figure shown standing with right hand raised in vitarka mudra , the finely incised hair drawn up under a tiara into a tall topknot elaborately dressed with narrow braids arranged in a band and pendent loops which center an image of Amitabha Buddha seated in dhyanasana and fall to the shoulders behind the elongated earring-hung ears, wearing a jeweled and cloud-decorated necklace, foliate arm bands and a belt decorated with florets encircling the slim waist above the folded-over top of the dhoti secured by a sash drawn through a jeweled medallion into a bow, the thin fabric of the skirt falling in U-shaped folds to the bare feet and overlaid with another long sash pulled into loops at the hips before trailing down the sides, with a long rectangular tab projecting from a closed aperture in the back above another closed aperture below the waist, with traces of gilding and malachite green encrustation 18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high, stand