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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
Qianlong
Cast standing on a single-lotus pedestal, the
bodhisattva portrayed with a benign face beneath
an elaborate headdress, dressed in a long robe
finely pleated with pendulous U-shaped folds to the
chest, the right hand raised in abhaya mudra and
the other in varada mudra.
18.4cm (7 1/4in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000

清乾隆 銅鎏金菩薩立像

118 TP
A PAIR OF LARGE LACQUERED WOOD
FIGURES OF SHANCAI AND LONGNÜ
19th century
Each figure gracefully modelled standing barefoot
on rockwork, wearing loose robes with full sleeves
and layered skirts flanked by trailing ribbons and
streamers and finely incised with scrolling floral
designs at the hem, the female figure with hands
draped with a presentation cloth, holding a tray with
a pearl, her hair pulled back into ribbon-tied double
loops at the back, the male figure with hands held
together in anjali mudra, the hair arranged in a single
tuft above the forehead, wood stands.
The tallest 96cm (37 6/8in) high (4).

£6,000 - 10,000
CNY52,000 - 86,000

十九世紀 木漆善才龍女立像 一對

Longnü, daughter of the Dragon King, and Shancai
are referred to in literary sources as acolytes of
Guanyin. The youths are each associated with
an important Buddhist sutra within the Mahayana
tradition. Shancai is thus mentioned in the
Avatamsaka Sutra as a young pilgrim who studied
with learned masters and celestial bodhisattvas,
while the Lotus Sutra described Longnü as an
eight-year-old girl who attains enlightenment after
presenting her precious pearl to the Buddha.

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119 TP Provenance: an Italian private collection
A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
DEITY 來源： 意大利私人收藏
Qing Dynasty
The warrior clad in a finely-carved armour over billowing robes, the The sword which the figure holds hints that the present lot may
midriff with a fierce mythical-beast mask girdle, the left hand resting be a representation of the guardian deity of the South, Virudhaka
on his hip, the right hand resting on a sword hilt, the face with a stern (ch: Molihong). The deity of the south is the ruler of the wind and his
expression beneath an elaborate helmet, wood stand. symbolic weapon is the sword which he carries in his right hand to
110cm (43 1/4in) high. (4). protect the Dharma and the southern continent.

£5,000 - 6,000
CNY43,000 - 52,000

清 木漆金增長天王立像

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please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.