California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Sept. 12, 2020  Sept. 12, 2020

 Lot # 8570 
A LARGE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF WATER-MOON AVALOKITESHVARA    清 大型銅鎏金自在觀音


  • Dimension: Height: 17 1/2 in (44.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $3500
  • Estimate To: $5500

The bodhisattva is seated in rajalilasana, the posture of royal ease, with his right hand resting on his raised knee. His hair is swept back into a topknot beneath the crown. The face has downcast eyes and a serene expression, wearing bracelets, earrings and a beaded necklace. A shawl is draped over the shoulders and around the arms and his dhoti is tied in a bow below the waist.


⾃在觀⾳,被認為是觀世⾳菩薩三⼗三種化身之⼀,代表著⾯容俊美、姿態典雅的觀⾳形象。也是明清時期世間崇奉的常⻅造像題材。此尊觀⾳呈現舒坐的⾃在妙相,左臂⾃然平放,右⼿⾃然搭於右膝,姿態優美,閑情逸致。⾯相⽅圓端正,眉⽬細⻓,神態安詳。束发披肩,⽿垂圓珰,其下飾有花瓣墜,寬肩束腰,體態勻稱,造型優美,⼿腳刻劃寫實。上身袒露,胸前飾連珠式瓔珞,下身著⻓裙。裙褶⾃然流暢,⽣動⾃如,整體造型完美,形象⽣動。