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RARE STATUE DE MAITREYA EN BRONZE
TIBET DE L'OUEST, CIRCA XIVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté assis sur une base lotiforme en
vajrasana. Sa main droite tient le kundika, sa main
gauche est en vitarkamudra. Il est paré de bijoux
et vêtu d'un dhoti. Ses cheveux sont coifés en un
haut chignon rehaussé d'une couronne ; traces de
dorure ; scellée.
Hauteur: 26,5 cm. (10Ω in.)
€60,000-80,000 US$67,000-89,000
£52,000-69,000
PROVENANCE:
Hôtel Drouot, Loudmer, Paris, 27 November 1993,
lot 62. (fig.1.)
French private collection, acquired from Jean-Luc
Estournel, 91 rue de Faubourg Saint-Honore, Paris,
15 January 2005. (fig.2.)
Important French private collection, acquired
from the previous French private collection, Paris,
7 January 2007.
A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
WESTERN TIBET, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
西藏西部 約十四世紀 銅弥勒菩薩坐像
來源：
巴黎德魯奧拍賣，Loudmer, 1993年11月27日，
拍品62號
法國私人舊藏，于2005年1月15日購自巴黎古
董商Jean-Luc Estournel, 91 rue de Faubourg
Saint-Honoré
現重要法國私人珍藏，于2007年1月7日購自法
國私人藏家

This fne cast Maitreya statue represents the
bodhisattva of the Future, as can be deduced from
the water pot supported by his right hand. This
attribute, containing the nectar of immortality,
is most likely borrowed from Hinduism. In fact,
Maitreya is supposed to be born in the future in a
Brahmin family. The water pot therefore seems to
be an appropriate attribute.

fig.1.

fig.2.

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