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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF PRAJNAPARAMITA
Nepal, dated by inscription 1753
inscription along the lotus base: शशशश श शशशशशशशशशशशश
शशशशशशशशशशश शशशश शशशश शशश [on the first of the bright half
of Sravana, NS 873 (July-August 1753) Lachamavati
(Laksmavati) made (this image of ) S'ri- 3 Prajnaparamita in
her own name (for her own merit)],
16.4cm high
$5,000 - 8,000
Prajnaparamita, or yum chen mo (Great Mother), is the female
personification of perfect wisdom and insight into the true
nature of reality. She is sometimes considered "the mother of
all buddhas and bodhisattvas" because her teachings lead
to becoming bodhisattva and attaining buddhahood. She
can be identified by one of her attributes, usually held by her
upper left hand, the book of Prajnaparamita, as in the current
lot.
Bibliography:
Inscription translated by Ian Alsop, asianart.com
Lipton & Ragnubs, Treasures of Tibetan Art: Collections
of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Oxford
University Press, New York, Oxford, 1996, p. 158

尼泊爾十八世紀 般若波羅蜜多菩薩鎏金銅像 （由蓮花座銘
文譯得）一七五三年造
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
Kangxi period
16.5cm high
$12,000 - 18,000
康熙 銅鎏金釋迦坐像

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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITABHA
Kangxi period
15.2cm high
$2,200 - 2,800
Provenance:
Private collection Sydney, acquired from the United States in
2015
康熙 銅鎏金阿彌陀佛像

傳承：
悉尼私人收藏，2015年由美國西海岸入藏

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