十一至十二世紀 西藏鎏金銅觀音菩薩坐像

喜瑪拉雅藝術資源網編號68436

阿什莫林博物館，牛津，1996-2005年借展
《The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection》，阿什莫林博物館，牛津，1999年10-12月
《Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’ Himalaya》，Palazzo Bricherasio，都靈，2004年6-9月
魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2005-2017年借展
《Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam Collection》，魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2012-2013年

David Weldon 及 Jane Casey Singer，《The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingje Lam Collection》，倫敦，1999年，圖38
Franco Ricca，《Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’ Himalaya》，都靈，2004年，圖16

Good overall condition with just general surface wear. As visible in the catalogue photo, there is some loss to the gilding, as typical of early Tibetan gilt-bronze figures.
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Compare the tripartite crown, jewellery, posture, tubular limbs, and patterned shawl draped across the torso with illustrations on a ninth century Tibetan book cover depicting Buddhist deities; see Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, Chicago, 2003, p. 168, cat. no. 107 and also with illustrations on a Thakuri period manuscript, see Rob Linrothe, Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas, New York, 2006, pp. 184-187, cat. nos 2 and 3a-d.