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PROPERTY FROM THE YANG FAMILY COLLECTION
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          A METAL ALLOY AND BRONZE GHANTA AND A BRONZE VAJRA
          TIBET, 15TH CENTURY OR LATER
          Ghanta 7Ω in. (19.1 cm.) high
          Vajra 5¿ in. (13 cm.) long
          Case 8¡ in. (21.3 cm.) high
          $8,000-12,000
          PROVENANCE:
          Koller Zürich, 5 December 2017, lot 145.
          LITERATURE:
          Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24746.
          The vajra (ritual thunderbolt) and ghanta (bell) are important implements in
          tantric Buddhism, representing masculine compassion and feminine wisdom,
          respectively,  and  are  used  in  various  rituals  and  meditations  in  Vajrayana
          Buddhism. The present set is typical of a type that was first developed in the
          early  fifteenth-century  during  the  Yongle  period  (1402-1424),  although  this
          work most likely dates from the seventeenth century. The handle of the bell
          is in the form of a half-vajra, similar in style to the correspoding vajra; on the
          interior of the bell, the Tibetan characters Om Ah Hum are cast in raised script.
          The set is accompanied by a hand-carved wooden storage box. Compare the
          present  set  to  another  group  with  a  wooden  carrying  box  in  the  collection
          of  the  Jacques  Marchais  Museum  of  Tibetan  Art,  illustrated  by  B.  Lipton
          in  Treasures  of  Tibetan  Art:  Collections  of  the  Jacques  Marchais  Museum  of
          Tibetan Art, New York, 1996, p. 212, cat. no. 112.

          西藏   十五世紀或以後   金屬合金犍稚及銅金剛杵各一
          來源:
          Koller, 蘇黎世, 2017年 12月5日, 拍品編號145
          出版:
          “喜馬拉雅藝術資源” (Himalayan Art Resources), 編號24746


























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