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cast seated in lalitasana with right arm resting on the right knee and left arm supported on a bolster and holding a ‘pearl’, wearing a sanghati, antaravasaka, elaborate jewelry and foliate tiara centered by the fi gure of Amitabha Buddha above the full face with downcast eyes, the pierced rockwork base with a monkey, dragon and ox gazing upward towards the deity, wood stand (2)
Height 10? in., 26 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Boston 1940-1960s, and thence by descent
A similar example dated Song dynasty, 13th century, but with attendants in place of the monkey and ox, is illustrated in The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom: Special Exhibition Catalog of the Buddhist Bronzes from the Nitta Group Collection at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987, pl. 104.
宋末 / 元初 十三世紀 銅觀音坐像
來源
購於波士頓，1940至1960年代，此後家族傳承
