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Gilt bronze avalokiteshvara - Age? - Tim - Oct 16, 2015 (09:27 AM)
- Gilt bronze avalokiteshvara - Age? - Igor - Oct 28, 2015 (12:50 PM)
  - Gilt bronze avalokiteshvara - Age? - Tim - Oct 31, 2015 (08:45 AM)

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Subject:Gilt bronze avalokiteshvara - Age?
Posted By: Tim Fri, Oct 16, 2015 IP: 76.110.209.69

Could someone help with the age of this gilt bronze avalokiteshvara figure?

I bought it at a local antique shop without any info on it.

I think it is Qing dynasty as the gold leaf has a nice reddish patina, the casting looks crisp (mold cast rather than modern sand casting or loss wax casting), and the overall slender form seems to conform to other examples of Qing figures of avalokiteshvara I've seen.

However, I've not seen a genuine example of the 'thousand arm' model from the Qing period that has such a complex and complete arrangement...only modern copies.

Measures 13" tall. The piece is definitely bronze (heavy) and the gold is genuine gold.

Thanks for the help.

Subject:Gilt bronze avalokiteshvara - Age?
Posted By: Igor Wed, Oct 28, 2015

It is a modern figure of Nepal.

Subject:Gilt bronze avalokiteshvara - Age?
Posted By: Tim Sat, Oct 31, 2015

thank you. I am not well versed on the designs of avalokiteshvara as they relate to specific time periods, but since it was bronze with real gold gilt and cast rather well, I took a chance and bought it. Now, all I need to do is wait 100 years to get my money back......