LOT 0443 A SCHIST STELE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, PALA PERI…
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A SCHIST STELE OF BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA, PALA PERIOD Northeastern India, 10th- 12th century. Avalokiteshvara is depicted in the 'Sky-Gliding' form of Khasarpana Lokeshvara. He conforms precisely to his description in Buddhist textual sources: youthful, peaceful, smiling, with two arms, wearing his hair in a tall coiffure. Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Condition: Some losses and breaks, extensive wear and traces of use. Good patina. Partial calcification. Weight: 1,224.4 g Dimensions: Height 17 cm The Bodhisattva demonstrates his compassion for all living beings by holding his right hand in the gift-bestowal gesture, with a kneeling and praying follower to his lower right.
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