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96 A 14 CENTURY NEPALESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
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A 17 – 18 CENTURY GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA Bronze with remains of gilding, remnants of pigment at the face and hair
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AKSHOBYA Nepal, 14 - 15 century
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Fire-gilt bronze
95 China, 17th/18th century Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with her right hand
A SMALL INSCRIBED GILT-BRONZE STELE OF MAHAKALA The two-armed “Black-Cloaked Mahakala” (Wylie: mgon po in Varadamudra and her left in Vitarkamudra, Tara is adorned with
Cast bronze with fire-gilding, fine chiseling work and ber nag chen) is a protector of the Karma Kagyu school clad Gilt bronze figure of Buddha Akshobya seated with crossed various jewelry and a sash draped over the lap. The goddess is flanked
remainders of cold painting in the cloak of a mantrika “warlock”. His imagery derives legs on a double-lotus base. Dressed in a long and draped by lotus blossoms at the shoulders, her face downcast and surmounted
Tibetan-Chinese, 18th century from terma of the Nyingma school and was adopted by the robe and his hands performing the bhumisparsha mudra. by a foliate tiara with the hair in a tall chignon and strands falling down
Karma Kagyu during the time of Karma Pakshi, 2nd Karmapa Placed in front of him on the pedestal a small double-vajra her back.
The two-armed Mahakala holds a Vajra in his raised hand, Lama. He is often depicted with his consort, Rangjung as his attribute. Sealed base plate. Inscribed on the back
the other showing a warning gesture (nishedha or tarjani Gyalmo, and is the main protector of the Karmapas. with old collector’s number ‘CHE’. Shape: Figural
mudra), standing on a lotus pedestal decorated with a Dimensions: 8 cm (height)
band of pearls, backed by a leaf-form aureole and further Shape: Rectangular form with rounded top Shape: Upright seated figure on an oval base Condition: Appealing patina, one lotus flower supplemented, bottom
enclosed by a petal-form mandorla, a snake coiled around Dimensions: 11 cm (height) 2 cm (depth) Dimensions: 12,5 cm (height), 9,5 cm (width), 7 cm (depth) seal plate is an addition of later date
his neck, his arms, feet, neck, ears and head with various Condition: Very good condition with some wear, minor Condition: Good condition with smooth patina, marks that Provenance: Hungarian private collection
pieces of extravagant jewelry, a relief-inscription in Tibetan denting and scratches the vessel in his left hand is missing,
surrounding the figure, among other things reading OM Provenance: Hungarian private collection Provenance: Austrian private collection, assembled in Asia in and Literature comparison: see Christie’s, Indian and Southeast Asian Art,
MANI PEDME HUM. before the 1930sġ 19 March 2014, New York, lot 1003 (for a comparable bronze of Tara,
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Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of ġ slightly larger and dating to the 15 – 16 century).
Mahakala is a deity common to Hinduism, Buddhism and Art. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, October 5th, 2011, lot 2131. (for ⋩ᶫ军⋩ℓᶾ䲨戭挷慹旧敎ἃġ
Sikhism. According to Hinduism, Mahakala is the consort of another small bronze stele showing an inscription in Tibetan ⑩䚠列⤥炻⊭㻧䳘兑炻ⶎㇳ⮷䠿怢⣙ġ ⋩⚃ᶾ䲨⯤㱲䇦挷慹戭⹎㭵
Hindu Goddess Kali and most prominently appears in Kalikula and Mongolian, 18th century, but depicting Vajradhara) ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 檀晭戭䵈
sect of Shaktism. Mahakala also appears as a protector deity 咖剙ᾖ⽑忶炻⸽悐⮩ġ⌘↎䁢⼴㛇≈ᶲ
known as a dharmapala in Vajrayana Buddhism, particularly 㶭ẋ戭挷慹⣏湹⣑⁷ġ Estimate EUR 500,- ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
most Tibetan traditions (Citipati), in Tangmi (Chinese Esoteric ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ṃ⽖䢐㎵ˣ↡星冯∫䕽 Starting price EUR 250,-
Buddhism) and in Shingon (Japanese Esoteric Buddhism). He ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Estimate EUR 500,-
is known as Dàheitian in Chinese. Starting price EUR 250,-
Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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