Sadakshari Lokeshvara Gilt copper alloy with semiprecious stones Tibet

Acquired 1970s

Very good overall condition. Wear to the gilding on extremities, with loss at knees, toes, fingers and face. Accretion overall. The back of the lotus pedestal ungilded with traces of red pigment. The lotus base is cast in two sections. Some original turquoise, coral, lapis lazuli and glass insets, and some turquoise replaced. Baseplate intact and original, but possibly opened. The head of Amitabha in figure's crown is slightly bent forward. Small crack on upper right forearm, now stable, through three-quarters of the arm, now completely stable.
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Seated in vajraparyankasana, a benevolent downwards-facing gaze upon his face, his facial features refined and sensuous, his lips in a subtle smile mirroring his stylized, elongated eyes and strong aquiline nose, his blue painted plaits gathered into a high jatamukata surmounted by a small figure of his spiritual progenitor Amitabha and surrounded by a five-pronged diadem inlaid with turquoise, wearing the elaborate jewelry of a bodhisattva adorned with semi-precious stones: necklaces, circular earrings, urna, necklaces, armlets, bracelets and anklets; his diaphanous dhoti incised with wave and floral patterns and clasped with lapis lazuli at his slender waist. The Bodhisattva's principal forearms are raised in manidharamudra in front of his heart, his raised left hand grasping a padma bud, and his raised right hand in vitarkamudra. He is seated atop a double foliate lotus throne abutted by triple bands of pearls, the base inscribed with a double vajra.