A RARE LARGE GREY STONE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA NORTHERN ZHOU/SUI DYNASTY, CIRCA 570-600 Well carved standing with back slightly swayed, with left hand in abhayamudra and the right in varamudra , wearing various necklaces including a thick rope of beads, with further long jewel-hung ropes of beads draped atop the scarf worn over the shoulders, the two drawn down through a ring and then looping up over the forearms before trailing down the sides, the long skirt falling to the tops of the feet in crisp overlapping folds from where it is folded over at the waist, the face well carved with gentle expression framed by the neat line of the hair and ears below a flower-decorated crown centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha and hung with trailing ribbons (now missing) that fall behind the discs set atop each shoulder, the mica-flecked stone with traces of red and black pigment. 47 in. (119.5 cm.) high, stand
A RARE LARGE GREY STONE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA NORTHERN ZHOU/SUI DYNASTY, CIRCA 570-600 Well carved standing with back slightly swayed, with left hand in abhayamudra and the right in varamudra , wearing various necklaces including a thick rope of beads, with further long jewel-hung ropes of beads draped atop the scarf worn over the shoulders, the two drawn down through a ring and then looping up over the forearms before trailing down the sides, the long skirt falling to the tops of the feet in crisp overlapping folds from where it is folded over at the waist, the face well carved with gentle expression framed by the neat line of the hair and ears below a flower-decorated crown centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha and hung with trailing ribbons (now missing) that fall behind the discs set atop each shoulder, the mica-flecked stone with traces of red and black pigment. 47 in. (119.5 cm.) high, stand
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