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8th Century Central Javanese Image of Avalokiteshvara browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives: Pre AD 1000: item # 859309 Please refer to our stock # 1098 when inquiring.
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Details: An elegant and refined example of an 8th century copper alloy Central Javanese image of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. This early image of the bodhisattva, who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas, is depicted standing in a subtle tribhanga as a prince in royal attire. His head is slightly inclined, his face plumb with an expression of detached empathy and understanding. His long hair is pinned high to form an ornate foliate jatamukuta, with a few loose locks falling gently over the shoulders of his fleshy athletic torso. A sacred thread or upavita is draped across his well defined muscular chest and abdominal region, which draws your eyes down to his powerful legs covered by a diaphanous dhoti very Indian in style with the left leg covered lower than the right. The bodhisattva’s left hand is in varada mudra the gesture of charity. His right hand, unfortunately missing may have been intended to hold a lotus. Avalokiteshvara often carries a lotus, hence another name for him, Padmapani or ‘the Lotus Holder’. The quality, fine detailing and generally small size of early bronze images from Java has earned its craftsmen the reputation as the great miniaturists of Southeast Asian Art. This piece goes along way to cement that reputation with its elegant majestic presence that is not easily achieved in such a small casting. Age: 8th Century. Height: On base 13.3cm, off base 10cm.
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