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3670

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the standing deity with the right arm raised and the left
lowered, both held in vitarkamudra holding long curving stems
of uptala lotuses up the shoulders, wearing an elaborate dhoti
tied at the waist and hemmed with incised lotus bands, draped
around the shoulders with a billowing scarf, the chest adorned
with beaded necklaces, the benevolent face flanked by long
pendulous ears, crowned by a five-leaf diadem before a high
chignon, all raised on a circular double lotus pedestal
17 cm, 6¾ in.

HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

清十八世紀 鎏金銅彌勒佛像

3671

A RARE MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE
OF TARA
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE – XUANDE
PERIOD

delicately cast seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with
the right foot resting on an individual lotus issuing from the
base inscribed with a mantra in Lantsa script, depicted with the
right hand held in varadamudra and the left in vitarkamudra,
the bodhisattva rendered with a benevolent expression framed
by a five-tiered crown enclosing the high chignon and ornate
earrings, the figure portrayed clad with a scarf entwined with
lotus flanking the shoulders, further adorned with elaborate
jewellery including beaded necklaces, bracelets and armbands
4.4 cm, 1¾ in.

HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,300

Another rare gilt-bronze figure of identical size and
workmanship, but depicting Amitayus, is illustrated in Robert
Bigler, Art and Faith at the Crossroads, Zurich, 2013, cat. no.
36, where he expounds the theory that the presence of small
drilled holes between petals on the base, combined with the
light weight structure of the base, suggests that figures of this
type were originally attached to ritual headgear or helmets.

明永樂至宣德 鎏金銅隨身綠度母坐像

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