Lot 75
GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA PADMAPANI
YONGLE MARK BUT LATER
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
Description
永樂款 銅鎏金蓮華手菩薩立像
the right arm half raised in vitarka mudra and the left arm lowered in varaha mudra, with two lotus blossoms flanking each shoulder and connected to the outwardly-facing hands by long, curving stems, crowned with an elaborate diadem encircling a high topknot and set above a broad, tranquil face, the ears and body adorned with ornate jewelry, a celestial sash wrapping around the shoulders and arms, the waist sensuously defined above a low-slung dhoti, a six-character Yongle mark inscribed to the front of the base, the bottom of the lotus base incised with a double vajra
Dimensions
37.5cm high
Footnote
Note: For similar gilt-bronze Avalokiteshvara Padmapani in seated position, marked and dated to Yongle period, see Sotheby's New York on 10 September 2019, lot 328