A RARE YELLOW MARBLE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED TO THE THIRD YEAR OF WUDING PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 545) carved in the form of Avalokiteshvara standing sturdily against a flame-shaped mandorla on a lotus base supported on a rectangular plinth, the figure portrayed with both elbows bent, depicted adorned in robes cascading in voluminous folds, the serene expression framed by a cowl, two sides of the plinth with a dedicatory inscription dated to the 23rd day of the fifth month of the third year of the Wuding period (in accordance with 545), which can be translated as 'Monk Biqiu patronising a figure of Avalokiteshvara', traces of red pigment 52 cm, 20 1/2 in.
A RARE YELLOW MARBLE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED TO THE THIRD YEAR OF WUDING PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 545) carved in the form of Avalokiteshvara standing sturdily against a flame-shaped mandorla on a lotus base supported on a rectangular plinth, the figure portrayed with both elbows bent, depicted adorned in robes cascading in voluminous folds, the serene expression framed by a cowl, two sides of the plinth with a dedicatory inscription dated to the 23rd day of the fifth month of the third year of the Wuding period (in accordance with 545), which can be translated as 'Monk Biqiu patronising a figure of Avalokiteshvara', traces of red pigment 52 cm, 20 1/2 in.
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