Japanese Gilt Bronze Standing Figurine, 19th Century
Japanese gilt bronze standing figurine, 19th century. Crisply and delicately cast as Avalokitesvara in the earlier male manifestation apparently, standing as a tall slender figure swaying forwards and to the right, wearing a Buddhist tiara on the high knotted hair, liner-pattern ribbons trailing down across the shoulders, tightly-gathered robes floating around the feet and holding an ambrosial flask lowered at the left side and a mudra mademu in the raised right hand, all on a single-lotus upturned base, the surface with extensive original gilding remaining principally on the recessed areas, head and chest, fitted box.
21"h (53.34 cm)
Provenance: Property from an estate in Connecticut.
Note: This item is located at our offsite warehouse in CT where can be shipped from.
Condition Report: Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please email Clars Los Angeles at ask@ClarsLA.com. The absence of a condition statement does not mean that the lot is in perfect condition.
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Japanese gilt bronze standing figurine, 19th century. Crisply and delicately cast as Avalokitesvara in the earlier male manifestation apparently, standing as a tall slender figure swaying forwards and to the right, wearing a Buddhist tiara on the high knotted hair, liner-pattern ribbons trailing down across the shoulders, tightly-gathered robes floating around the feet and holding an ambrosial flask lowered at the left side and a mudra mademu in the raised right hand, all on a single-lotus upturned base, the surface with extensive original gilding remaining principally on the recessed areas, head and chest, fitted box.
21"h (53.34 cm)
Provenance: Property from an estate in Connecticut.
Note: This item is located at our offsite warehouse in CT where can be shipped from.
Condition Report: Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please email Clars Los Angeles at ask@ClarsLA.com. The absence of a condition statement does not mean that the lot is in perfect condition.
