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PROPERTY OF A SOUTHEAST ASIAN COLLECTOR
東南亞私人珍藏
[LOTS 204 to 216]

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RARE STATUE DE MAITREYA EN BRONZE The present bronze fgure of the future Buddha and great bodhisattva
TIBET, DEBUT DU XVIEME SIECLE Maitreya (Tib. byams pa) was most likely part of a larger set of the
Il est représenté en vajrasana sur un socle lotiforme inscrit au dos. Ses eight great bodhisattvas which would have graced the shrine of
deux mains tiennent deux tiges de lotus, l'un supportant le kalasha. a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the 16th century. This style is a
Son visage est empreint de sérénité. L'urna ornant son front est recognizable one that is often attributed to known ateliers in South-
inscrusté de cuivre. Son chignon est terminé par un stupa ; scellée. central Tibet (Tsang Province), where the easily distinguishable facial
Hauteur: 26 cm. (10º in.)
features and tightly rendered lotus petals with upturned tips in the
form of small, ball-like fourishes became the dominant style.
€50,000-70,000 US$56,000-78,000
£44,000-61,000
The inscription on the back of the fgure can be translated as follows:
‘This image of the victorious lord Maitreya was faithfully comissioned
PROVENANCE:
Christie's Paris, 7 June 2011, lot 419. by Kunga Lodro in order to fulfll the wishes of master Kunga Peljor.
Property of a Southeast Asian collector. May the empty form of this deity produced become an object of
compassion, empowered with glorious bliss. May all virtuous sentient
A RARE INSCRIBED BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
beings switfy achieve buddhahood. Auspiciousness! ‘
TIBET, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
西藏 十六世紀初 銅彌勒菩薩銘文坐像
來源：
巴黎佳士得，2011年6月7日，拍品419號
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