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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。