STATUETTE D'AVALOKITESHVARA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE HIMALAYA OCCIDENTAL, VERS LE XIIE SIÈCLESTATUETTE D'AVALOKITESHVARA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVREHIMALAYA OCCIDENTAL, VERS LE XIIE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205289 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.) highA COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARAWESTERN HIMALAYAS, 11TH/12TH CENTURY喜馬拉雅西 約十二世紀 觀音菩薩銅像Through its posture, high armlets, and tall crown, this figure echoes earlier Licchavi and Thakuri-period sculptures of Avalokiteshvara from Nepal, compare with a 7th-/8th-century example was sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2016, lot 17; a 10th-century example was sold at Bonhams, New York, 29 November 2016, lot 111. Also see Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 173, 301.