Lot 646
A PALA PERIOD COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA 12th Century
H: 10 cm
Avalokite vara is one of the many incarnations of what is called Guanyin in Chinese. This figure wears a flora coronet, hair in an ushnisha, deep eyes carved in rhombus shape, nose straight and wide, lips slightly pursed, showing facial features of Indians. She has a wide shoulder and a trim waist, upper body bared, standing with a stole circling her body; the lower part of her body is clad in Indian style dress with wave patterns, jades and pearls decorating her waist. A lotus flower is in her left hand which is decorated with bracelets just as her arms and legs. Wide bracelets consist a feature of Indian district. This figure is made in a typical 12th century Pala style, with a graceful design, especially the S-shaped body of the Avalokite vara, making the piece full of dynamics, staging a scarce and precious piece of artworks of Indian Pala.
Estimate
TWD 550,000-800,000
HKD 136,000-198,000
USD 17,500-25,500
Sold Price
Literati: Oriental Arts from an Artist's Studio
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2016
Sunday, November 20, 2016, 4:00pm