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2011
PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED
EARLY 1980S TO MID 1990S 2016
2011 A SILVER AND COPPER ALLOY GAU
SIX TIBETAN TSAKALI 2013 Tibet, 19th/20th century
Ink and color on paper, with ink inscriptions A GROUP OF THREE FLINT PURSES AND The chased silver front with foliate scrolls and
on the reverse (framed). A BRASS ORACLE MIRROR applied gilt plaques of the ashtamangala and
4 ½ x 4in (11.5 x 10.2cm) sight dimensions Tibet, 19th century a kirtimukha that surround an ogival opening
of the largest; Each leather purse with applied decorative with loose glass fronting a gray clay tsatsa
11 1/4 x 22 1/4in (28.5 x 56.5cm) each frame silver or copper alloy plaques and inset molded with seated divinities around a stupa
$1,000 - 1,500 semiprecious stones (wear to leather, losses); placed on top of other material within the
the mirror with one side engraved with bands case.
2012 of geometric and floral pattern encircling a yin- 5 7/8in (14.8cm) high
A NYINGMA NINE-PRONG COPPER yang emblem, with a suspension loop (wear). $2,000 - 3,000
ALLOY VAJRA 5 1/2in (14cm) length of the first
Tibet, 19th century or earlier 6 5/8in (16.7 cm) diameter of the mirror PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
Rubbed and worn from prolonged ritual use. $1,000 - 1,500 EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED
6 7/8in (17.5cm) long EARLY 1980S TO MID 1990S
$1,000 - 1,500 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
2017
Compare with a similar vajra published in 2014 A LARGE POLYCHROMED
Beguin, Dieux et Demons, Paris, 1977, pp. A PAIR OF TIBETAN COPPER ALLOY TERRACOTTA RITUAL POT
257 & 260, no. 311. REPOUSSÉ BUTTER LAMPS Nepal, circa 17th century
Each of classic form with a flared cup incised In the form of a benevolent aspect of
Provenance with foliate motifs and four applied gilded Bhairava, with a spout between his lips, and
Private Collection of Raymond G. Handley, vignettes comprising the Eight Buddhist encrusted remains of puja.
before 1987 Treasures (ashtamangala), the globular stem with 20 1/2in (52cm) high
gilded roundels above the petal form foot (wear). $2,000 - 3,000
8 1/4in (21cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500 Such pots, which issue liquid from the
deity’s mouth, are associated with harvest
PROPERTY FROM THE ELISABETH festivals in Nepal.
BRUENING COLLECTION
2015
TWO METAL ALLOY VAJRAYANA STATUES
The first of white metal, possibly depicting
an unusual variant of Shadaksharilokeshvara
holding a stupa in his lap; the second, gilded
possibly depicting Achala Chandamaharoshana.
7 1/4in (18.4cm) height of the taller
$800 - 1,200
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