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           A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA      Antecedents of Qing Buddhist sculptures lay in Pala designs and are
           QING DYANSTY, 18TH CENTURY                        heavily referenced here in the broad foreheads, supple skin, subtly
           Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4724             rendered incised eyebrows, high-bridged nose, and crescent shaped
           13 cm (5 1/8 in.) high                            eyelids. The wide shoulders and thin waist along with the s-shaped
                                                             curve of the body recall the sensuousness of the body in Newari works
           HKD150,000 - 250,000                              of art. The slender limbs, high chignon, as well as the soft folds of the
                                                             layered silks, though, speak of a more characteristic Chinese aesthetic.
           清 十八世紀 銅鎏金尊勝佛母像                                   The square petals to reveal to lotus styles commonly articulated during
                                                             the Qing dynasty.
           This sweet figure pays tribute to Ushnishavijaya, the goddess of
           longevity, who is propitiated as one of the three long-life deities with   Compare to a figure of Vajrasattva published in von Schroeder, Indo-
           Amitayus and White Tara. She is believed to appear from the light   Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 548, no. 156A. Also refer to a figure of
           emanated from Buddha’s ushnisha. A miniature effigy of Amitabha and   Amitayus in Qing Court Collection for treatment of the jewelry, sash,
           a visvavajra are held in her slender arms.        and skirt with patterned hems (Wang ed., The Complete Collection
                                                             of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Buddhist Statues of Tibet
                                                             [Zangchuan Fojiao Zaoxiang], Hong Kong, 2003, p. 238, fig. 227).

                                                             Provenance
                                                             Collection of Mrs Oesh Gonin, Galerie La Vieille Fontaine, Lausanne,
                                                             acquired in the 1980s-1990s






















































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