California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 October 05, 2019  October 05, 2019

 Lot # 8116 
A PARCIL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA    清 銅四臂觀音


  • Dimension: Height: 4 in (10.2 cm) Diameter: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $2000
  • Estimate To: $3800

The figure seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal, the principle hands in namaskar mudra, the secondary hands raised with one holding a flower, and the other holding necklace, wearing beaded jewelry, draped with a billowing celestial scarf around the arms falling to the base, the serene face with a downcast expression wearing a five-point diadem and hair in a top knot surmounted by a figure of Amitabha. Qing Dynasty period.


四臂觀音又稱“六字觀音”,是觀音菩薩在藏傳佛教中最為常見的形象,深受藏地僧俗崇奉,有“雪域怙主”之稱。此尊結全跏跌坐於蓮花寶座之上,主臂雙手合十,右上手應原持念珠,左上手執蓮花,是四臂觀音的典型姿態。頭戴五葉寶冠,正中冠葉為花朵狀,髮髻高聳,髻頂有一阿彌陀佛,耳際寶繒飛揚,面相方正,眉目細長,雙眉相連,著菩薩裝,上身袒露,胸前飾項圈、瓔珞,下身著長裙。坐於束腰仰覆式蓮花座上,蓮座上下緣飾有連珠紋,蓮瓣寬厚整齊,為西藏造像成熟時期常見的樣式。