A BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA


TIBET, 12TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61757 10.3 cm (4 in.) high
|In classic form, Padmapani stands in the triple-flexed pose with a long stem down his left side supporting a budding lotus blossom. The figure is closely informed by the Pala style with a high chignon, crown ribbons, looped belt, and striped lower garment. These elements are also shown across three standing bodhisattvas that show early Tibetan sculpture's close borrowing from the Indian style in Huntington & Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree, Ohio, 1990, nos.136-8. 觀音菩薩銅像 西藏，十二世紀喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61757號 高10.3釐米（4 英吋）150,000-250,000港元 觀音菩薩呈標誌性的三折枝式站立，左手執一蓮莖，蓮莖順手臂至肩部開出花朵。造像帕拉風格濃郁，束髮高髻，飾有繒帶，下身著條文薄裙，腰間飾有環狀腰帶。類似特征可參照三尊早期西藏模仿印度風格所造的菩薩像，參見Huntington&Huntington，《Leaves from the Bodhi Tree》，俄亥俄，1990年，圖136-8。