A Copper Alloy Figure of Sadakshari Lokeshvara with Silver Inlay, Tibet, 16th Century

Property From the Estate of Raymond Cheven

A Copper Alloy Figure of Sadakshari Lokeshvara with Silver Inlay 

Tibet, 16th Century 

Height 7⅛ in. (20 cm)

the four-armed bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana on an inscribed double-lotus base, his primary hands folded in anjali mudra, wearing a celestial shawl and clad in a dhoti, an antelope skin hanging over his left shoulder, adorned with multiple beaded necklaces, bracelets, earrings and a five-pointed diadem, the face in meditative repose with an urna inlaid with silver at the forehead, the top-knot surmounted with the head of Buddha Amitabha

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13771.