Gandharan Avalokitesvara Statuette 6th-7th century AD A bronze statue of a standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara on a hollow-formed cotton-reel lotus flower base, wearing a long garment draped across his left shoulder, muscular upper torso, a torc with animal-headed terminals around his neck, elongated ears with large earrings, half of the hair pulled up to a topknot, urna to the forehead, holding the sacred water flask in his left hand with palm facing outwards; right arm raised and bent at the elbow, holding a beaded bracelet with palm facing outwards; applied pierced lug to the rear; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 951 grams total, statue: 17cm (6 1/2"). Fine condition, some restoration. Very rare. Provenance Property of a North London gentleman; previously with David Lindahl in the 1970s.
Gandharan Avalokitesvara Statuette 6th-7th century AD A bronze statue of a standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara on a hollow-formed cotton-reel lotus flower base, wearing a long garment draped across his left shoulder, muscular upper torso, a torc with animal-headed terminals around his neck, elongated ears with large earrings, half of the hair pulled up to a topknot, urna to the forehead, holding the sacred water flask in his left hand with palm facing outwards; right arm raised and bent at the elbow, holding a beaded bracelet with palm facing outwards; applied pierced lug to the rear; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 951 grams total, statue: 17cm (6 1/2"). Fine condition, some restoration. Very rare. Provenance Property of a North London gentleman; previously with David Lindahl in the 1970s.
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