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3007
A BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF JAMBHALA
TIBET, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61533
5 1/8 in. (13.1 cm) high

$6,000 - 8,000

西藏 約十二世紀 多聞天王銅像

Gripping a mongoose over his left knee and
offering a gem in the palm of his right hand,
this unusual and early Tibetan bronze depicts
the wealth deity Jambhala. The bronze is
stylistically informed by, yet removed from
the Pala style of Northeastern India, which
Tibetan artists drew on to produce their
own sculptures. Pala idioms referenced here
include the triangular foliate crown leaves,
necklace of lotus bud pendants, and double
lotus base with a beaded rim. As one of
few known Jambhalas, the bronze adds to
an obscure corpus thought to have been
produced in Central Tibet during the Chidar
period (10th-12th centuries). For more
information and examples, see von Schroeder,
Sculptures in Tibet Vol. I, Hong Kong, 2003,
pp.1136-45, nos.295E-299B.

Provenance
Private Collection, Los Angeles

3008
A SET OF SIGNED BOOKS BY ULRICH
VON SCHROEDER
Plate: 13 1/3 x 10 in. (34 x 23.5 cm)
Folio: 13 2/5 x 10 in. (34 x 32.5 cm)

$2,000 - 3,000
烏爾裡希 馮 施羅德簽名著作一套

1. von Schroeder, Ulrich. Indo-Tibetan
Bronzes. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma
Publications, 1981. Folio (340 x 235 mm).
608 pages with 1244 illustrations. Second
edition reprint with 32-page Chinese title
and list of illustrations, 2008. Limited edition,
#886. Bound with slipcase and boxed. Mint
Condition. Signed, “Ulrich von Schroeder,
Weesen, 12th February 2016”.

2. von Schroeder, Ulrich. Buddhist Sculptures
in Tibet. Volumes I & II. Hong Kong: Visual
Dharma Publications, 2001. Each folio (340
x 235 mm). Each 1st edition. Each limited
edition, #224. Each with slipcase and boxed.
Each mint condition. Each signed, “Ulrich von
Schroeder, Weesen, 12th February 2016”.
Volume I: India & Nepal, 655 pages with 766
illustrations. Volume II: Tibet & China, 675
pages with 987 illustrations.

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