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A CARVED BONE APRON ORNAMENT WITH TANTRIC DEITY A GROUP OF THREE BONE MALAS WITH GAUS
NEPAL, 16TH-18TH CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item nos.61709, 61710 & 61711
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61715 105 cm (41 3/8 in.), the longest;
16 cm (6 1/4 in.) high 80 cm (31 1/2 in.), the shortest

HK$25,000 - 35,000 HK$35,000 - 45,000

尼泊爾 十六至十八世紀 法衣骨片 靈骨佛珠三串配嘎烏盒

The central figure has four faces and six hands, holding an arrow, All three comprised of 108 beads. The first with stained bone discs,
drum, and knife on the right, and bow, conch, and kapala on the left. A two counters with metal beads, and a silver gau with turquoise inlay.
staff is held under the right arm. He wears an animal skin garment and The second with stained bone discs and a brass alloy gau with inset
flayed human skin at the back. Three dakinis dance below, while flying turquoise. The third with bone beads, an amber guru bead, two
celestial figures, long-tailed makaras, and Garuda are carved in detail counters with silver purbha and kartika, and a silver gau with inset
at the top. For closely related examples, see Sotheby’s, New York, 17 coral.
September, 2017, lot 448, and Bonhams, New York, 14 September,
2015, lot 71.

Provenance
Alan Darer, London, 1970s

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