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PROPERTY FROM THE YANG PROPERTY FROM THE YANG
FAMILY COLLECTION FAMILY COLLECTION
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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE A RARE GILT-BRONZE STUPA
OF VAJRA NAIRATMYA CHINA, PROBABLY CHENGDE, LATE 17TH-
TIBETO-CHINESE, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY
4¡ in. (11.1 cm.) high 6q in. (16.5 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000 $8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Hong Kong, 2017. Acquired in Moscow, 2017-2018, by repute.
LITERATURE: LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24751. Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24752.
Representing the four-armed form of Vajra The shape of this small stupa appears to be
Nairatmya, the 'Selfless One,' partner to Hevajra, based on those of larger size, such as the pair of
the present image displays several characteristics much larger gilt-copper stupas on their original
of early Qing Buddhist art created in the Kangxi stands, in the Pavilion of Raining Flowers in the
period (1661-1722): the overall casting is thicker Forbidden City, Beijing, see Cultural Relics of
and heavier than in later Qianlong period (1736- Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace,
1795) examples, with rich gilding overall. The Beijing, 1998, p. 250. The present example is
lotus base has a distinctive ruyi-form incised motif distinguished by the diminutive image of Buddha
across a small section of the back, in contrast to Shakyamuni within a niche at the front center,
Qianlong examples which are more elongated. protected by a small piece of glass or rock crystal.
The skulls of the garland are somewhat stylized
as roundels with large eye holes picked out in
red pigment. Compare the heavy casting of the 中४ 或為正德 十ˑˠ紀末至十Ջˠ紀
鎏金銅ζ塔
present work with that of a gilt-bronze figure
of a dancing dakini, identified as eighteenth Ϛ源
century but likely cast in the Kangxi period, in the 得自於莫斯科
年 ҷ
Qing Palace collection at Chengde, illustrated in
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Buddhist Art from Rehol: Tibetan Buddhist Images ğ喜馬拉雅藝術資源Ġ )JNBMBZBO "SU
and Ritual Objects from the Qing Dynasty Summer 3FTPVSDFT

編號
Palace at Chengde, Taipei, 1998, p. 139, cat. no. 55.

中國 十七/十八世紀 藏傳鎏金銅空行母像
來源:
入藏於香港, 2017年
出版:
“喜馬拉雅藝術資源” (Himalayan Art
Resources), 編號24751

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