Nepal, late 19th/early 20th century Statue... - Lot 1 - De Baecque et Associés

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Nepal, late 19th/early 20th century Statue... - Lot 1 - De Baecque et Associés
Nepal, late 19th/early 20th century Statue of Avalokitesvara with eleven heads and "a thousand arms" in bronze, standing on a round base with two rows of lotuses, wearing dhoti and adorned with jewels, a scarf floating to his feet in volutes, the three superimposed rows (of decreasing size) of three serene heads crowned with tiaras, surmounted by a wrathful head and a head of Amitabha at the top, his eight main arms holding on one side bow and arrows, kundika, and lotus, on the other rosary, bell, and in varada mudra, with two arms joining in front of him around a jewel (cintimani), his numerous other arms grouped behind in two removable parts attached in the back, the whole on a wide trapezoidal stepped and openwork base decorated with lotus petals and elephants H. 187 cm ; L. 100 cm LDM Accident (missing) in the center of the main tiara
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