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           A GILT COPPER-ALLOY FOUR-PRONGED VAJRA            A COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA
           The grip formed of central pearl flanked by a pair of everted rows of   Nepal
           lotus lappets, each supporting four makara heads, their curved long   Seated in padmasana on a double-lotus base, holding a vajra in his
           tongues cast as the four prongs.                  right, and a ghanta in his left hand, the deity clad in beaded jewellery,
           14.5cm (5 3/4in) long                             a five-pointed headdress and brocaded, clinging dhoti. 14.5cm (5
                                                             3/4in) high
           £1,500 - 2,000
           HK$15,000 - 20,000                                £800 - 1,200
           CNY13,000 - 18,000                                HK$8,000 - 12,000
                                                             CNY7,000 - 11,000
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           DEITY                                             A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF TARA AND A GILT
           20th century                                      COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
           Seated in padmasana over a lotus throne, wearing a five-pointed   Tibet and China, 18th/19th century
           tiara, flowing robes and billowing scarves, the deity with the principal   The figure of Tara cast seated in Lalitasana on a double-lotus throne,
           hands clasped before their torso, the secondary hands holding a   her left foot resting on a lotus blossom, her hands held in mudras
           large bloom and rosary beads. 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high.  before her bejewelled torso, her head adorned with a five-pointed
                                                             tiara and left ungilded; the Amitayus smaller in size, also seated in
           £1,000 - 1,500                                    padmasana on a double lotus throne, his hands gathered in his lap
           HK$10,000 - 15,000                                palms upwards. 17.8cm (8in) and 10.2cm (4in) high (2).
           CNY8,800 - 13,000
                                                             £1,000 - 1,500
                                                             HK$10,000 - 15,000
                                                             CNY8,800 - 13,000


           For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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