A RARE GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF AN ACUOYE GUANYIN, CHINA, YUNNAN, DALI KINGDOM, 12TH CENTURY

A RARE GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF AN ACUOYE GUANYIN
CHINA, YUNNAN, DALI KINGDOM, 12TH CENTURY
The tall, slender figure shown standing with right hand raised in vitarkamudra and left held in varadamudra, the long hair drawn up into a tall coiffure (jatamukuta) bound by a band and elaborately dressed in twisted cords falling in loops around and flanking a central seated image of Amitabha Buddha and falling to the shoulders behind the earring-hung ears, wearing a jeweled necklace and arm bands and a floret-decorated belt worn above the waist and the top of the dhoti secured by a knotted sash, the upper back with a rectangular opening and the back of the upper legs with a square casting patch
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, lacquered softwood base

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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION