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            φ 821                                             ~822
            A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF              A VERY LARGE AND MASSIVE HARDSTONE-
            USHNISHAVIJAYA                                    INLAID GILT-BRONZE STUPA
            17TH-18TH CENTURY                                 19TH CENTURY OR LATER
            The bodhisattva is shown seated in dhyanasana in front of a   The stepped square base is decorated with a double vajra
            flaming mandorla on a double-lotus base with beaded rim,   between a pair of lions on each side of the waist, supporting the
            holding a vajra in one hand and with other hands in various   stepped plinth and the domed mid-section with a niche framed
            mudras.                                           by nimbus and aureole. The sides are cast with animal masks
            7√ in. (20 cm.) high                              suspending beaded garlands, all below a rising spire decorated
                                                              with Sanskrit scripture and flanked by scrolled ribbons,
                                                              surmounted by a crescent moon and sun finial at the top. The
            $10,000-15,000
                                                              decorations are embellished with jade, lapis lazuli, turquoise
                                                              and aventurine glass.
            PROVENANCE:
            Private collection, Sweden.
            Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2014, lot 146.           69 in. (157.3 cm. ) high, hongmu stand
                                                              $70,000-100,000
            十七/十八世紀 鎏金紅銅尊勝菩薩坐像
                                                              PROVENANCE:
            來源:                                               Private collection, California.
            私人珍藏, 瑞典。
            倫敦蘇富比, 2014年5月14日, 拍品146號。
                                                              清十九世紀或以後 鎏金銅佛塔
                                                              來源:
                                                              私人珍藏,加利福尼亞州。
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