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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MRS. ANGELA
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MANHATTAN PROVENANCE
COLLECTION JUCKER-GRUNAUER
E&J Frankel, New York, 2007.
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF
AMOGHASIDDHI EXHIBITED VAJRADHARA
Tibet, 14th/15th Century Four Decades: 40th Anniversary Retrospective, Tibet, 14th/15th Century
E&J Frankel, New York, March 22-April 28th,
the Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a double 2007. seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus
lotus base edged with a beaded rim, the right throne, holding a ghanta in the left hand and
hand raised in abhayamudra and the left held in LITERATURE a vajra in the right, wearing the bodhisattva
dhyanamudra, richly adorned in jewelry inlaid with Four Decades: 40th Anniversary Retrospective, jewelry adorned with semi-precious stones, the
precious stones, the head and body encircled E&J Frankel, New York, 2007, p. 129, pl. 28. hair piled high into a jatamukata and wearing
with a billowing scarf, wearing large floral an ornamented crown, the face serene with
rounded earrings gently resting on the top of his $ 8,000-12,000 downcast eyes
shoulders, a five-pointed crown surrounding an Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13613.
ushnisha topped with a jewel crests the top of Height 6⅛ in. (15.6 cm.)
the head, the face with half-open eyelids, incised
arched eyebrows, lips gently turned upwards PROVENANCE
into a smile express a serene and benevolent Acquired between 1959-2005.
comportment
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13622. $ 7,000-9,000
Height 6¼ in. (15.9 cm.)

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