A GILT-BRONZE FIGURINE OF STANDING AVALOKITESHVARA HOLDING A FLASK

Description:

China, Tang dynasty
H. 9,3 cm
Standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus-base placed on a high four-legged throne, his right hand holding the fly-whisk while the left the kamandalu, wearing monastic garment, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, elongated earlobes, his hair combed in a chignon and a large head-halo behind topped with a small figure of Buddha Amitabha.
Important Austrian private collection, according to records from an old private collection Rhineland, acquired in the 1990s
Publ.: Zeileis 'Von Shang bis Qing - Dreieinhalb Jahrtausende Chinesische Bronze', 1999, no. 155, p. 376
Minor wear, traces of age