A LARGE COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF SADAKSARI AVALOKITESHVARA

Description:

Inner Mongolia, probably Dolonor, 18th / 19th c.
H. 52 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a plinth with his principle hands in the anjalimudra while the secondary ones show the vitarkamudra, one holding a rosary, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, his hair combed in a chignon and topped with the head of Amitabha, unsealed.
From a South German private collection, former swedish private collection. by repute, Kreuter collection of Asian Bronze Figures (label) - Partly minor damages due to age, attributes lost