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A BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA
220 18th century
230 | BONHAMS The ferocious deity standing in alidhasana on a
prostrate figure with an elephant head, his six arms
holding various attributes including a kapala and
kartrika on the primary hands, wearing a tiger skin
around his waist, a garland of severed human heads
and elaborate jewellery.
18.5cm (7 1/4in) high

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000 CNY18,000 - 28,000

十八世紀 銅大黑天造像

Provenance: a European private collection

來源： 歐洲私人收藏

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A LARGE BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF
BUDDHA
16th century
The Buddha crisply cast in the lotus position with
the right hand reaching down towards the ground in
bhumisparsa mudra, the left hand held gently in the
lap in dhyana mudra, the head raised on the thick
neck with a serene face between elongated ears,
the robe with an incised floral hem.
31.8cm (12 1/2in) high

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000

十六世紀 銅結跏跌坐佛像

Provenance: a European private collection

來源：歐洲私人收藏

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A LARGE LACQUERED PARCEL-GILT BRONZE
FIGURE OF BUDDHA
16th century
Finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a beaded
double-lotus base, the hands held gently in
dharmachakra mudra, the eyes downcast with
a serene face between elongated ears beneath
snailshell curls, the broad chest revealed from
the graceful robe draped over the shoulders, the
cascading folds spreading out to the front of the
figure.
42cm (16 1/2in) high

£8,000 - 12,000
HK$88,000 - 130,000 CNY73,000 - 110,000

十六世紀 局部鎏金銅結跏跌坐佛像

Compare with a related gilt-bronze figure of Buddha
in the Munsterberg Collection, dated to the Ming
dynasty; see H.Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist
Bronzes, New York, 1988, pls.18a and 18b.