Cologne saleroom issues a call to arms
The descendants of the Belgian collector Jef Vanderstraete have consigned this 20in (51cm) high gilt bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Ekadashamukha to Lempertz in Cologne, where it is coming up for sale on December 11.
Avalokiteshvara is one of the most popular deities in the tradition of Mahayana Buddhism. Figures …