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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
COLLECTION EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED
EARLY 1980S TO MID 1990S EARLY 1980S TO MID 1990S
2018
A GROUP OF TEN COPPER ALLOY 2020 2022
FIGURES FROM A SCULPTURAL THREE PAINTED RITUAL WOOD DRUMS A PAINTED CABINET AND FOUR
MANDALA Tibet, 19th century PAINTED CABINET DOORS
Tibeto-Chinese, circa 19th century The largest with painted sides of alternating Tibet, 18th/19th century
Comprised of two standing Heavenly Kings dried skulls and freshly severed heads; the The cabinet with a central kapala; the first set
and seven World Gods riding their identifying smaller with scenes of charnel grounds and of doors with the face of a wrathful deity; the
mounts, including Tsangpa (Brahma) on a decomposing heads; the smallest with foliate second with chitipati.
goose, and Sinpo (Rakshasa) riding a zombie. scrolls and blossoms. Cabinet:13 1/2 x 12 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (34.4 x
3in (7.5cm) height of the tallest 9 5/8 and 4 1/8in (24.5 and 10.5cm) diameter 32.8 x 18.4 cm); Doors: 15 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.
$2,000 - 4,000 $1,000 - 1,500 (39.7 x 42 cm), the largest
$1,000 - 1,500
Compare to those in the outer circle of a 2021
Mandala of Bhaishajyaguru held in The A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF TARA PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU
State Hermitage, Leningrad - published and Manifest with her seven eyes of pristine GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
discussed in Rhie & Thurman, Wisdom and awareness, she calmly displays the
Compassion, New York, 1991, pp. 338, attitudes of charity and teaching, her 2023
no. 134. reassuring expression and elaborate coiffure A POLYCHROMED GILT COPPER ALLOY
framed by a nimbus; traces of cold gold on FIGURE OF GARUDA
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER her face (unsealed). Tibet, 19th century
7 3/8in (18.8cm) high In two parts with repoussé painted wings and
2019 $1,200 - 1,800 lower tail feathers attached to the cast body, his
A SET OF FIVE TIBETAN BOWLS raised arms and spread legs similarly painted;
Consisting of one large and four smaller wood now attached to a metal display stand.
bowls, each with silver-washed interior metal 5 3/4in (14.5cm)high
lining, the exteriors with repoussé bands $2,000 - 3,000
of foliage and the ashtamangala, and inset
stones encircling the foot, each base incised PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
with a visvajra (some wear). EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED
7 1/2 and 5in (19 and 12.6cm) diameters EARLY 1980S TO MID 1990S
$1,500 - 2,500
2024
SIX WOOD RITUAL MASKS
Tibet, circa 19th century
8 3/4in (22.3 cm), the shortest;
15 3/4in (40 cm), the longest
$1,000 - 1,500
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