Property from a European private collectionA large gilt-bronze and repoussé figure of eleven-headed AvalokiteshvaraQing dynasty, 18th centurythe eleven-headed and eight-armed bodhisattva with separate ritual implements and applied jewellery, standing upright in samapada on a lotus pedestalHeight 58 cm, 22⅞ in.__________________________________________________________________________Collection particulière européenneStatue d'Avalokitesvara en bronze doré et repoussé, dynastie Qing, XVIIIe siècle__________________________________________________________________________歐洲私人收藏清十八世紀 鎏金銅十一面觀音菩薩立像专文: The statue is likely to have been made in the studios of Dolonnor in Inner Mongolia, which were renowned for their intricate repoussé technique, and supplied works of art to the Buddhist communities throughout the Qing empire, cf. the crown and the gem-set jewellery designs of gilt copper repoussé statues in the Dolonnor style from Chahar, Inner Mongolia, collected by Sven Hedin and now in the Folkens Museum Etnografiska, Stockholm, see, Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A. F. Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, London, 1991, cat. nos. 1, 35. 36.