Aged and extremely fine work of a sitting "Avalokiteshvara"
Sino-Tibetan or Nepal
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Ludwig Leicher, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 25 cm
32 cm (with base)
H: 9.8 inch
12.6 inch (with base)
Description
soapstone, greenish-brown, with 18 arms, hands folded in front of the breast/resting in the lap, or holding various attributes, oval framing with floral decor and plumed rim, crowned by pagoda-like roof tops, closed rectangular opening in the back, rising from wooden base in floral openworked design, slightly dam., minor place of repair (breakage in the middle of upper rim);
aged and extremely fine work of carving.