Lot 47
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BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
STYLE OF THE SOUTHERN DYNASTIES
Auction: 13 March 2019 at 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £250 - £350
Description
the Goddess of Mercy standing on a lotus base with the right arm raised holding a fly whisk, the left arm hanging by the side with the hand grasping an ambrosial vase, the body draped in robes and sashes clinging to the sinuous body, all raised on four-legged stand, the reverse of the mandorla incised with a dedicatory inscription dated to the sixth year of Putong, corresponding to 525
Dimensions
20.5cm high