Small Antique Bronze Four-Armed Avalokiteśvara (Shadakshari / Chenrezig) — Consecration Cavity — Esrly 20th Century — Approx. 12.5 cm High

Small Antique Bronze Four-Armed Avalokiteśvara (Shadakshari / Chenrezig) — Consecration Cavity — Esrly 20th Century — Approx. 12.5 cm HighA characterful cast bronze figure of Avalokitevara in the four armed adakar Chenrezig form: the principal hands meet in ajali at the heart while the upper hands hold the lotus and (now softened) rosary. Crowned and seated in meditation on a flowing base, the sculpture shows lively hand tooling and a deep, time worn patina. To the reverse is the traditional consecration cavity (cover now lost), where mantra scrolls or relics would originally have been