
Mark Rasmussen
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The direct link to the Indian Pala style copied by this well-cast bodhisattva is evident when compared to a Padmapani in the Norton Simon Museum (see Pal, Art from the Indian Subcontinent, Pasadena, 2003, p. 195, no. 151). Both stand in a flexed pose from the waist with legs straight and together, have curving torsos, wide narrow eyes and well-defined chignons rising from the back of the head. The present sculpture is stripped down of the embellishments and inlays and is adorned with simple beaded jewellery.
More simplified variants also ascribed to India are in the Los Angeles Museum of Art and a private collection, Berlin, published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.278, nos. 71D-E.
Please note this lot has been incorrectly listed as lot 11 in the printed catalog. Lot 12, the current lot, features the 14th century Avalokiteshvara.