Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 March 2015
Continental & Oriental Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts including a Collection of Italian Glass
Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 250 000
About this Item
A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Avalokitesvara Sadaksari, 18th century
seated in dhyanasana on a raised double-lotus pedestal, his primary hands in the namaskara mudra, the other arms raised, one holding a 'jewel', the other a lotus bloom, the head crowned with a 'jewelled' diadem, the hair secured in a topknot beneath an image of the Amitabhabuddha, with downcast eyes, adorned with jewelled chains, three fingers lacking from his upstretched left hand, some 'jewels' lacking, two-character mark, 18cm high
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