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LOT 428:
TIBETAN SEATED BRONZE AVALOKITESVARA
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Sold for: £3,000
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TIBETAN SEATED BRONZE AVALOKITESVARA
Ca. AD 1800-1900.A beautiful seated, gilded and bejewelled bronze Avalokitesvara. Avalokitesvara is portrayed as a male deity in India and is also known in the female form as Guanyin. The serene figure is shown with two hands in Anjali, one hand holding a lotus and the other holding a mala chain. The headdress and body ornaments are bejewelled. Size: 315mm x 190mm; Weight: 3.43kgProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
