Lot Essay
The worship of this form of Avalokitesvara 'Lion's roar' was popularized by Jowo Atisha and Mal Lotsawa in Tibet for removing illnesses.
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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION
A Large and Rare Gilt Bronze Figure of Avalokiteshvara Simhanada
TIBETO-CHINESE, 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY XUANDE PERIOD (1426-35)
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A Large and Rare Gilt Bronze Figure of Avalokiteshvara Simhanada
Tibeto-Chinese, 15th Century, probably Xuande Period (1426-35)
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with pendent banners, curled petal tips and beaded rims with his hands in vitarka mudra holding the tips of lotus stems flanking his shoulders and bearing trident with curled snake at his right and a vessel at his left; elaborately garbed in swirling sashes and pleated dhoti wearing beaded belt, anklets, armlets, and garland with pendent festoons and disk-shaped earrings, his rounded face in a meditative expression with downcast eyes and bow shaped lips, his hair spilling over his shoulders and adorned with a gilt finial and eight-leaf crown, base sealed and incised with visvavajra
16½ in. (41.8 cm.) high
Tibeto-Chinese, 15th Century, probably Xuande Period (1426-35)
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with pendent banners, curled petal tips and beaded rims with his hands in vitarka mudra holding the tips of lotus stems flanking his shoulders and bearing trident with curled snake at his right and a vessel at his left; elaborately garbed in swirling sashes and pleated dhoti wearing beaded belt, anklets, armlets, and garland with pendent festoons and disk-shaped earrings, his rounded face in a meditative expression with downcast eyes and bow shaped lips, his hair spilling over his shoulders and adorned with a gilt finial and eight-leaf crown, base sealed and incised with visvavajra
16½ in. (41.8 cm.) high