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A RARE GILT-LACQUER BRONZE REPOUSSÉ’
FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Qianlong incised seven-character mark and of the The inscription on the present lot identifies the Buddha as that of
period the Tejorajaya Buddha. The inscription shows that the Buddha was
Well modelled seated in dhyanasana in his hand specially commissioned by the Imperial Court during the celebrated
in bhumisparsamudra, on a double-lotus base reign of the Qianlong emperor.
inscribed in Manchu, Tibetan, Chinese and
Mongolian, wearing layered monk’s robes gathered
in cascading folds, his rounded face with a serene
expression flanked by long pendulous ears, beneath
a domed ushnisha, the sealed base engraved with a
double vajra, fitted box. 30.5cm (12in) high. (2).

£30,000 - 50,000
CNY260,000 - 440,000
清乾隆 銅鎏金佛像
「大清乾隆年敬造」「光明王佛」等滿漢蒙藏四語
銘文

Provenance: the Gerry and Pamela Virtue
collection, Australia, circa 1960s

來源：自二十世紀六十年代起，由澳洲Gerry Virtue
與Pamela Virtue
夫婦收藏
Gerry Virtue visited Nepal as early as 1959,
engaging in hiking and exploration as well as flying
with a hot air balloon over the Everest. His travel
feats are recorded in his published memoir Blazing
the Hippie Trail in 1959: Calcutta to London on 10
Pounds, which was published in 2013. In 1976 he
collaborated on an exhibition of Tibetan art at the
Seymour Centre in Sydney. His wife Pamela equally
shared in the passion for collecting Himalayan art,
with her aesthetic sensibilities to Gerry’s superb eye.

Gerry Virtue

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