Buddhist statuette from Nepal sells for $2.49 million

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
By Margherita Stancati

NEW YORK - A 13th-century bronze figure from Nepal sold for around $2.49 million at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday — seven times more than its expected sale price. Christie’s expected it to sell for up to $350,000. The statuette, which is around 18 inches (45 centimeters) high, is a representation of the Padmapani, one of the many guises of the Buddhist god of compassion, Avalokiteshvara. [link]