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3 Compare the similar receding waist of the lotus base, incised textile
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA patterns, and carefully modeled toes with a Newari-inspired Vajradhara
Tibet, Newar school, 15th century bearing a distinctly more Tibetan face sold at Sotheby’s, Paris, 12
His toes relaxed into padmasana resting on fine silks chased with December 2013, lot 218. Also compare Christie’s, New York, 22
foliate motifs about his knees, he holds the ghanta by his left side March 2011, lot 300.
and vajra before his chest, his broad face with elegant eyebrows
below a vajra-crown. Referenced
8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm) high HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33016
$20,000 - 30,000
Provenance
西藏 尼瓦爾派 十五世紀 銅鎏金金剛薩埵坐像 Dr. med. Gerd Wilhelm Krüger, by 1975
Thence by descent
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