A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA...
A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
WESTERN TIBET, 10TH-11TH CENTURY
23 5⁄8 in. (60 cm.) high
Provenance
Oriental Bronzes, Ltd., Paris, 1997
Sotheby's, New York, 23 March 2000, lot 24
Private American Collection
Literature
Christian Deydier, Arts de la Chine et de l’Himalaya, Oriental Bronzes, Ltd., Paris, 1997, p. 51, no. 16.
Michael Henss, ‘Buddhist Metal Images of Western Tibet, ca. 1000-1500 A.D.: Historical Evidence, Stylistic Consideration and Modern Myths’, in The Tibet Journal , Autumn & Winter, Vol. 27, No. 3⁄4, 2002, p. 49, fig. 5c.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 13805.
A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
WESTERN TIBET, 10TH-11TH CENTURY
23 5⁄8 in. (60 cm.) high
Provenance
Oriental Bronzes, Ltd., Paris, 1997
Sotheby's, New York, 23 March 2000, lot 24
Private American Collection
Literature
Christian Deydier, Arts de la Chine et de l’Himalaya, Oriental Bronzes, Ltd., Paris, 1997, p. 51, no. 16.
Michael Henss, ‘Buddhist Metal Images of Western Tibet, ca. 1000-1500 A.D.: Historical Evidence, Stylistic Consideration and Modern Myths’, in The Tibet Journal , Autumn & Winter, Vol. 27, No. 3⁄4, 2002, p. 49, fig. 5c.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 13805.
