Aged and extremely fine work of a sitting "Avalokiteshvara" · Sino-Tibetan or Nepal · ID: 3042242
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.
The object Aged and extremely fine work of a sitting “Avalokiteshvara” with the object ID 3042242 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 74 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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