A GILT-COPPER AND GEM-SET PLAQUE OF AVALOKITESHVARANEPAL, 18TH/19TH CENTURYThe inset central panel with the six armed figure of Avalokitesvara standing in tribhanga, a double flaming aureole behind him, two richly dressed female attendants flanking him, two apsaras in flight above, the ground decorated in filigree with flowering vines, the border ornamented with rosettes and quatrefoils, the entire surface richly encrusted with rock-crystal, lapis lazuli, turquoise, coral, jade, mother-of-pearl and other semi-precious stones, the copper backing repousse with stylized flowerheads, quatrefoils and vine28 in. (71.1 cm.) high; 23 1/4 in. (59.1 cm.) wide