STATUETTE D'AVALOKITESHVARA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE AVEC INCRUSTATION D'ARGENTCACHEMIRE, VERS XE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 145342 cm (16 1/2 in.) highProvenance: A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARAKASHMIR, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY克什米爾 約十世紀 銅錯銀觀音像Standing tall over a lotus plinth, Avalokiteshvara grips the stem of a flower blossoming over his left shoulder. An effigy of Amitabha seated within the crown's center and the antelope skin draped around his muscular torso confirm the deity's attribution as the bodhisattva ofpassion (see von Schroeder,Buddhist Sculpture in Tibet, Vol. I, 2001, p. 163, no. 45C).Kashmir bronzes echo earlier styles of the Gupta period (4th-6th centuries), demonstrated by its contrapposto, pronounced lower lip, and fleshy cheeks. These images are also noted for their silver inlaid eyes, flaming aureoles, and foot placement over the pedestal's edge, as seen on a bronze sold at , Paris, 14 June 2022, lot 29, as well as two images published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, pp. 123-4, nos. 18F & 19B. Lastly,pare the stupa dome in the crown and the flattened lotus petals of the plinth to a seated Buddha image in the Pan-Asian collection (ibid, p. 20, no. 19E).Exhibited:Rossi and Rossi, Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong, 3-7 October 2011Provenance:Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired early 1990s