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A HARDSTONE AND CORAL-INLAID GILT-COPPER MANDALA Compare a hardstone-inlaid mandala with a separate kirttimukha in the
19TH CENTURY collection of the David Owsley Museum of Art in Muncie, Indiana, accession
The central square section is inlaid with mother of pearl, coral, and rock number 2004.026.000a-d purchased at Christie’s New York, 23 September
crystal, surrounded by two concentric plates decorated with repoussé vajra 2004, lot 162. See also lot 161 from the same sale, sold from the estate of
and scrolling decoration, all encircled by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, Kate Kemper.
astamangala, alternating with lanca characters linked by fligree vines. The
everted rim of the plate is decorated with petal and teardrop-shaped inlays of 清十九世紀 銅鎏金嵌百寶曼荼羅
various stones on coloured backgrounds.
15√ in. (40.5 cm.) diam.
£8,000-12,000 $12,000-17,000
€9,200-14,000

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