A rare silver inlaid bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara
KASHMIR SCHOOL IN WESTERN TIBET, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
A rare silver inlaid bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Kashmir School in Western Tibet, 10th/11th century Standing in a slight sway with his right hand extended and his left holding the long stem of an eight petalled lotus, clad in a dhoti incised with bands of floral scrolls and secured at his waist with a long sash, an antelope skin and a shawl draped over his shoulders, adorned with earrings, armlets and necklaces inlaid with silver, his face in a benign expression with inlaid silver eyes and urna centered on his brow, with his hair pulled into a high chignon secured by a tall crown with an effigy of his spiritual father Amitabha at center, with a lustrous deep chocolate brown patina 15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high
A rare silver inlaid bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara
KASHMIR SCHOOL IN WESTERN TIBET, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
A rare silver inlaid bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Kashmir School in Western Tibet, 10th/11th century Standing in a slight sway with his right hand extended and his left holding the long stem of an eight petalled lotus, clad in a dhoti incised with bands of floral scrolls and secured at his waist with a long sash, an antelope skin and a shawl draped over his shoulders, adorned with earrings, armlets and necklaces inlaid with silver, his face in a benign expression with inlaid silver eyes and urna centered on his brow, with his hair pulled into a high chignon secured by a tall crown with an effigy of his spiritual father Amitabha at center, with a lustrous deep chocolate brown patina 15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high
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