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               AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF                ൎᧀḔ   ڊ˖ˡ☹ 㛶㕺㘍ㆳ❿η᣷চӐ
               VASUDHARA
                                                                 ϝᬝ
               NEPAL, 13TH CENTURY
                                                                 4QJOL   4PO  -UE 卿ٳᘹ卿    ჺ
               Seated in lalitasana, her six arms radiating around her holding   + 8FMMFT )FOEFSTPOⅧ⻦卿㏹ഁᯧཪՌ卿    ჺ
               flowing gems, the vase of amrita, a harvest bundle and a   ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ卿    ჺ ᝲ  ᚚ卿ᐽ৅   ⽚
               manuscript, wearing a closely-fitted dhoti, inlaid with turquoise
                                                                 + .FJKFS֖ܿⅧ⻦卿⳴⼵卿          卻۔卼
               and glass stones, her face with serene expression and tiara set in
                                                                 㲞ᳰ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
               front of her chignon.
               6 ƒ in. (16.6 cm.) high                           ൣ⿫
               HK$1,200,000-1,800,000         US$160,000-230,000  4QJOL   4PO  -UE 卿ٳᘹ卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG /FQBM BOE 5JCFUǷ卿
                                                                     ჺ  ᝲ     ᚚ
               PROVENANCE
               Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1979                   ⮐㙽
               Collection of J. Welles Henderson, Pennsylvania, by 1980  4QJOL   4PO  -UE 卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG /FQBM BOE 5JCFUǷ卿ٳᘹ卿
               Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 263      ჺ卿㮰   卿எ
               Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J. Meijer, Netherlands, 2008-2013, by
                                                                 )JNBMBZBO "SU 3FTPVSDF卻IJNBMBZBOBSU PSH卼⣥⛆卿.BTUFSXPSLT
               repute
                                                                 $PMMFDUJPO卿⤔⽚
               Private collection, Hong Kong
               EXHIBITED
               Spink & Son, The Art of Nepal and Tibet, London, 14-31 December
               1979
               LITERATURE
               Spink & Son, The Art of Nepal & Tibet, London 1979, pp. 2-3, fig. 1
               Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), Masterworks
               Collection, item no. 24160




























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