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PROPERTY FROM A BELGIAN COLLECTION
比利時珍藏

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IMPORTANTE STATUE DE VAJRADHARA EN CUIVRE
DORE REPOUSSE
NEPAL, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE

Il est représenté assis on vajrasana, ses mains croisées devant sa
poitrine tenaient originalement le vajra et la ghanta. Paré de bijoux,
il est vêtu d’un dhoti et d’une écharpe. Souriant, le visage serein, ses
yeux mi-clos sont surmontés de sourcils arqués. Ses cheveux sont
coifés en chignon ceints d’un tiare ornée de pierres semi-précieuses ;
petites restaurations.
Hauteur : 110 cm. (43º in.) ; socle

€60,000-80,000 $66,000-88,000
£51,000-68,000

PROVENANCE

Private Belgian collection since the mid 1970s.

A MONUMENTAL GILT-COPPER EMBOSSED FIGURE OF
VAJRADHARA
NEPAL, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

尼泊爾 十七至十八世紀 鎏金銅金剛力士坐像

來源：比利時珍藏，購自1970年代中期

This imposing gilt-copper fgure of Vajradhara represents the
supreme essence of all Buddhas in Vajrayana Buddhism. He
manifests himself in the form of a bejewelled Buddha or bodhisattva
with a crown and ornaments, as can be gleaned from the fgure
presented here. His embracing gesture, originally holding the vajra
and ghanta, symbolises the union of compassion and wisdom at
the ultimate level of enlightenment. The shining gilt-copper sacred
image demonstrates perfectly his mystical nature enhanced by his
introspective gaze that transcend the mundane world. The fgure is
made in a Newari atelier for a Buddhist sanctuary in Nepal, most likely
during the seventeenth to early eigteenth century.

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