A gilt bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. Tibet 18th/19th century - image-1
A gilt bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. Tibet 18th/19th century - image-2
A gilt bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. Tibet 18th/19th century - image-1A gilt bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. Tibet 18th/19th century - image-2

Lot 1013 Dα

A gilt bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. Tibet 18th/19th century

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 11:30 - Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)
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A gilt bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. Tibet 18th/19th century

Standing on a single lotus base, his principal hands holding the wish-fulfilling jewel in front of his chest, dressed in a pleated ankle-length dhoti, adorned with jewelry festoons, the eleven faces arranged in tiers, surmounted by a jeweled tiara, at the top the head of Amitabha. Glass and hard stone inlays. Attributes missing. Base open.
Height 37.5 cm

Legend has it that after witnessing the misery of beings in the hell, Avalokiteshvara´s head shattered into ten pieces. Amitabha constructed ten faces from these pieces and placed a duplicate of his own head at the top.

西藏 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金八臂十一面觀音立像

來源：曾為荷蘭私人收藏， 1973年6月10日購於倫敦蘇富比， 編號133; 2017年6月18日購於布魯薩爾倫佩茨，編號1013

Provenance

Formerly private collection, The Netherlands, acquired at Sotheby´s, London, 10.6.1973, lot 133, acquired at Lempertz, Brussels, 18.6.2017, lot 1013