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                          46    168071/1
                          A large and impressive Tibetan copper alloy
                          figure of Chakrasamvara and Vishvamata
                          18th century or earlier
                          the deity Chakrasamvara with sixteen faces and
                          thirty-two arms holding various ritual implements,
                          the consort Vishvamata with the left leg raised,
                          both decked in ornamental jewellery and standing
                          fiercely atop crushed and supine figures, all on a
                          lotus base.
                          H: 35 in., 90cm; W: 21 in., 53.4cm
                          provenance:
                          Property of a North Carolina gentleman, acquired
                          from Shogun’s Gallery, Portland, Oregon in 1992
                          $20,000-40,000





















                                               47    160777/3
                                               A Nepalese copper alloy figure of
                                               Avalokitesvara
                                               18th century
                                               the four-armed crowned bodhisattva seated
                                               in dhyanasana, holding beads, a flower and
                                               displaying a prayer mudra.
                                               H: 6 1/2 in., 16.5cm
                                               provenance:
                                               Property of a New Jersey collector
                                               $500-800



                                                           48    160736/6
                                                           A Tibetan parcel gilt copper alloy figure of
                                                           seated Tara
                                                           16th/17th century
                                                           the figure seated in dhyanasana on a single
                                                           lotus platform raised on elaborate square
                                                           form base displays a teaching mudra and is
                                                           adorned with jewels and a jeweled crown,
                                                           flanked by lotus flowers and with an
                                                           elaborate, separately-cast mandorla.
                                                           H: 9 in., 22.9cm
                                                           $5,000-8,000
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