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A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus
Qianlong six-character mark and of the period,
dated by inscription to gengzin year (corresponding
to AD1780)
The figure with eyes looking downwards and hair
piled in a high knot, the arms and ears with heavy
Buddhist jewellery and the hands resting in the
lap in dhyana mudra, the figure seated on a tiered
pedestal and framed by a flaming mandorla.
21.3cm (8 1/8in) high (2).
£2,500 - 4,000
HK$29,000 - 47,000 CNY24,000 - 38,000

清乾隆1780年 銅鎏金無量壽佛像 「大清乾隆庚
子年敬造」楷書刻款

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A gilt-bronze figure of Tara
17th/18th century
The figure delicately cast with eyes serenely
downcast beneath the high seven-pointed crown
inlaid with rubies, seed pearls and turquoises,
the slender swaying body, long arms and calves
similarly adorned with jewellery inlaid with precious
stones, the left arm raised in kartarimudra with a
lotus blossom at the left shoulder, the right hand
reaching down in varadamudra, the figure seated
on a double-lotus pedestal.
18.5cm (7¼in) high
£12,000 - 15,000
HK$140,000 - 180,000 CNY110,000 - 140,000

十七/十八世紀 銅鎏金度母坐像
The present lot shows Nepalese influence, and
indeed may have originated in Nepal, in the use of
inlaid precious stones. In comparison, the Tibetan
taste preferred semi-precious materials such as
turquoise and coral.

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