
PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
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June 24, 03:37 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A TSA TSA DEPICTING EKADASAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Height 11¾ in., 29.9 cm
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13718.
Acquired in the 1970s.
the eleven-headed deity standing on a lotus base with feet together in pratyalidhasana , with the primary hands in anjali mudra, the subsidiary hands each holding a different attribute including a chakra, a mala, a lotus blossom, a bow and a long-life vessel, surrounded further by a halo of his thousand arms, Manjushri depicted in the lower left and Vajrapani in his wrathful form depicted in the lower right
For another similar example see Olschak, B.C., Mystic Art of Ancient Tibet, 1973, p.77.