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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, California, by 1998.
EXHIBITED:
Montecito, California, Lotusland, "Journey to Tibet," 26 July 1998.
LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24750.
Vaishravana is the most commonly depicted of the Four Guardian Kings; he
is considered the leader of the yakshas and swore an oath of protection in
front of Shakyamuni. He is also considered to be a wealth deity and as such
borrows some of the attributes from the Hindu god, Kubera, including the
jewel-spewing mongoose and the rotund belly, a common symbol of fecundity
across multiple civilizations.

中國 十八世紀 藏傳鎏金銅多聞天王坐像
來源:
私人珍藏, 加州, 不晚於1998年
展覽:
蒙特西托, 加州, 荷花園, 「Journey to Tibet」, 1998年7月26日
出版:
“喜馬拉雅藝術資源” (Himalayan Art Resources), 編號24750

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