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A rare carved and polychrome wood statue of Avalokiteshvara Song-Jin dynasty | 宋至金 木雕加彩觀世音菩薩坐像
法国 北京时间
2021年12月09日 开拍 / 2021年12月07日 截止委托
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Property from a private European collectionA rare carved and polychrome wood statue of AvalokiteshvaraSong-Jin dynasty
the deity, elegantly seated in ra?jali?la?sana on a rocky pedestal, gracefully resting the right arm on the raised right knee, the left arm by her side to support her weight, the classic poise accentuated with a sash draped around the shoulder and across the bejewelled bare torso, above a loose dhoti elegantly cascading in folds from the waist across the legs and over the plinth, with the left foot partly exposed and facing upwards, the elongated face with downcast bow-shaped eyes set in a meditative expression, the finely combed hair parted at the center and swept up in a high chignon secured by a crown set with the Amitabha Buddha, with ample traces of original stucco and polychrome pigment, inventory number 44142 and label R2.36 at the rear of the base62 x 40 x 28 cm, 24 3/8 by 15 3/4 by 11 in.
Collection particulière européenneRare statue d'Avalokiteshvara en bois sculpté polychrome, dynastie Song-Jin
歐洲私人收藏宋至金 木雕加彩觀世音菩薩坐像
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 9th October 1980, ref. 8584.
埃斯肯納齊有限公司,1980年10月9日,參考號8584
To request a Condition Report, please contact joan.yip@sothebys.comWooden sculptures of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, which experienced a peak of production in and shortly after the Song period, are among the most enchanting Chinese sculptures. The present figure exemplifies the aesthetic sensitivity of this period, when the deity, despite being depicted genderless, was radiating feminine grace. The Bodhisattva, known in Sanskrit as Avalokiteshvara (literally ‘the Lord who looks down upon sound'), or in Chinese as Guanyin (literally ‘perceiving sound, cries') represented as "Guanyin of the southern seas," the Chinese Bodhisattva of compassion and mercy. The figure is seated in ra?jali?la?sana (‘the posture of royal ease’) on a craggy rock formation with right arm resting on folded right knee. The posture is highly dynamic, the tautness of the posture implying that any moment the Bodhisattva, though so serene and meditative, might awake from deep contemplation and step down.
According to the Avata?sakasūtra, the iconography of Avalokiteshvara sitting leisurely with one hand resting on rockwork was widely found in China from the 11th to the 13th century, commonly seen among Buddhist statuary of the Song (960-1279), Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties. Avalokiteshvara became popular as the deity of mercy and compassion, answering prayers and protecting the faithful from catastrophe, here depicted seated in the posture of royal ease on mossy rockery representing Potalaka, an island in the southern sea that is the deity's home.
Compare a polychrome wood sculpture of Avalokiteshvara of similar size, attributed to the Liao dynasty, formerly in the collections of Martin Erdmann and F. Brodie Lodge, sold at Sotheby’s London, 7th June 1988, lot 48 and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot 2858, now in the collection of the Tsz Shan Museum, Hong Kong, accession no. 2018.08.

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