• Dimension: Height: 12 in (30.5 cm) Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
• Estimate From: $6000
• Estimate To: $8000

Cast with right hand raised in vitarka mudra, each hand holding the ends of lotus stems, the blossoms of which flank each shoulder and bear a kundika and a book, the hair in a high topknot and applied with blue pigment, the elaborate jewelry inlaid with hardstones, the low-slung dhoti secured just below the shapely waist, with repoussé sashes trailing down either side of the body, raised on a circular lotus base, the base plate incised with a double vajra. Mid-Qing Dynasty period.

Provenance: Property from an important private collection, New York, acquired from Sotheby’s New York
蓮花手觀音為觀音菩薩諸多化身之一，以手持蓮花為形象特徵，多見立像。觀音頭頂束高髮髻，耳下垂大耳璫。面形寬大，眉如彎月，雙目低垂，鼻直適中，雙唇微啟。寬肩細腰，軀體結構勻稱，造型端莊大方。雙手各持一莖綻放的蓮花，儀態端莊優雅，站立於蓮花底座上。上身飾項鏈、釧環，瓔珞長垂及腹，下著長裙，腰帶飾華麗的瓔珞，局部鑲嵌綠松石、珊瑚，十分精美華麗。底座蓮花葉瓣寬大、飽滿，上下沿的連珠紋飽滿均勻。整尊造像氣息渾厚，造型工藝考究，注重細節刻畫，彰顯精美華貴之氣，極具宮廷色彩。 來源: 紐約私人藏家收藏 購于紐約蘇富比