Lot description
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CHINTAMANICHAKRA AVALOKITESHVARA MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGLE THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. BID now ONLINE BIDDING SERVICE IS NOT AVALIABLE. seated in the regal posture of rajalilasana , with swaying torso and head inclined, the face painted in the Tibetan manner, an urna on the forehead, his left arm resting at the elbow on his raised left knee, with the hand bent at the wrist and brushing the cheek, his right arm down with the hand resting in his lap, wearing bodhisattva jewellery including earrings, bracelets and armbands, anklets and foot adornments, beaded necklaces, a crown framing the forehead and secured by a band tied over blue painted hair drawn up into a knotted jatamakuta and topped by a cintamani jewel, with tresses falling to the bare shoulders, an effigy of the Buddha Amitabha separately cast and secured behind the central crown leaf, a diaphanous scarf billowing at either side, and wearing a voluminous lower garment gathered at the waist with a jewelled girdle and spreading onto the lotus pedestal, a Yongle reign mark engraved on its upper surface, with a double row of petals encircling the base enclosed by bands of pearls above and below, and sealed with a plate beneath incised with a visvavajra 21.1 cm., 8 1/4 in.
