STANDING AVALOKITESHVARA.
Nepal.

Bronze with gilding; painted with pigments and gold; inlaid with stones. In elegant tribhanga contrapposto; his right raised in the gesture of fearlessness abhaya mudra. Dressed in a sheer dhoti clinging to his legs; ending in dense folds. Draped over his left shoulder is the 'Black Antelope Skin' krishnasara; symbolizing his love; compassion and tenderness. Weight 5;36kg; height including separate base 41cm. Condition A/B.

Provenance:
-Collection Dr. Wolfgang Schumann; Indologist and author of numerous reference books on Buddhism and India. Lived in India from 1960; German Consul General in Bombay 1988-93. Got 2000 awarded with the Rabindranath Tagore Culture Price for Literature.
Art trade; Van Ham.