SINO-TIBETAN GILT AVALOKITESHVARA FIGURINE 19th-early 20th century AD A gilt-bronze figurine of Avalokiteshvara sitting cross-legged on a lotus-leaf base with two hands pressed together at chest-height, flower and string of beads in the other raised hands. 1.9 kg, 22.5cm (8 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance From a London, UK, collection, formed in the 1970s. Footnotes Avalokiteshvara, also known as Chenrezig in Tibet, is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. His name means The Lord who looks down, and he reaches out to all creatures who are suffering and helps them on the long path to enlightenment and salvation. After the Buddha he is one of the most popular figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
SINO-TIBETAN GILT AVALOKITESHVARA FIGURINE 19th-early 20th century AD A gilt-bronze figurine of Avalokiteshvara sitting cross-legged on a lotus-leaf base with two hands pressed together at chest-height, flower and string of beads in the other raised hands. 1.9 kg, 22.5cm (8 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance From a London, UK, collection, formed in the 1970s. Footnotes Avalokiteshvara, also known as Chenrezig in Tibet, is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. His name means The Lord who looks down, and he reaches out to all creatures who are suffering and helps them on the long path to enlightenment and salvation. After the Buddha he is one of the most popular figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
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