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849
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SITATAPATRA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16829
7 1/2 in. (19 cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
清 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金大白傘蓋佛母像

Sitatapatra, a female protector who emanates from
Shakyamuni’s ushnisha, is represented here in her two-
armed form. A separately cast parasol would have been
held in her raised left hand. For similar Qing-dynasty
examples of the subject, see Phoenix Art Museum
(1988.96.B), and Bonhams, New York, 14 September
2015, lot 47.

Provenance
Ex-Estate of Martha J. Kirkpatrick (1925-2015),
Los Angeles

849

850
A GILT COPPER ALLOY VAJRA AND GHANTA SET
TIBET, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item nos.16820 & 16821
Vajra: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm) long;
Ghanta: 7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000
西藏 約十六世紀 銅鎏金金鋼杵與金剛鈴

A vajra and ghanta are the most indispensable pair of
ritual implements used in almost all Tibetan Buddhist
ceremonies. This pair is particularly fetching for the
vajra’s translucent inset stones. Compare the design
of the present work, especially of the makara prongs,
to a silver and bronze set published in Hall (ed.), Tibet:
Tradition and Change, Albuquerque, 1997, pp.168-9,
pl.84. Another closely related ghanta is published in
Grewenig & Rist (eds.), Buddha: 2000 Years of Buddhist
Art, Völklingen, 2016, pp.506-7, no.226. Also see a
related set sold at Bonhams, New York, 13 March 2017,
lot 3060.

Provenance
Private American Collection
850

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