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An extremely rare gilt-bronze figure of eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara — 唐 鎏金銅十一面觀世音菩薩立像

An extremely rare gilt-bronze figure of eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara

唐 鎏金銅十一面觀世音菩薩立像

A rare gilt-bronze standing figure of eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara from the Tang Dynasty, representing the bodhisattva of compassion in Buddhist religious sculpture.

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Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt-Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection

October 12, 2021

Estimate: $2,000,000$3,000,000

Lot 3512

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An extremely rare gilt-bronze figure of eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara, 唐 鎏金銅十一面觀世音菩薩立像

A rare gilt-bronze standing figure of eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara from the Tang Dynasty, representing the bodhisattva of compassion in Buddhist religious sculpture.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

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Religion, Gilt Bronze, Sculpture, Tang Dynasty, Avalokiteshvara, Buddhist art