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PROPERTY FROM
                                                                          THE JAMES AND MARILYNN ALSDORF COLLECTION
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                                                                          A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI LOKESHVARA                        A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA
                                                                          KASHMIR OR WESTERN TIBET, 10TH CENTURY                         TIBET OR BHUTAN, 18TH CENTURY
                                                                          6º in. (15.9 cm.) high                                         6¿ in. (15.6 cm.) high
                                                                          $4,000-6,000                                                   $6,000-8,000

                                                                          PROVENANCE:                                                    PROVENANCE:
                                                                          Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 30 November 1982, lot 277.     Private collection, New York, 1990s, by repute.
                                                                          The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
                                                                                                                                         LITERATURE:
                                                                          EXHIBITED:                                                     Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24668.
                                                                          Los Angeles, Neil Kreitman Galleries, "The Enlightened Ones,"
                                                                          May 1980.
                                                                          LITERATURE:
                                                                          N. Kreitman, The Enlightened Ones, Los Angeles, 1980, pl. 10.
                                                                          Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24667.
                                                                                                                                         Padmasambhava (literally ‘lotus-born’ in
                                                                          喀什米爾或西藏西部 十世紀 銅蓮花手觀音坐像                                         Sanskrit) is considered one of the principal
                                                                                                                                         early teachers to have brought Buddhism to
                                                                          來源:                                                            Tibet in the eighth century. He is depicted
                                                                          Sotheby Parke-Bernet,紐約,1982年11月30日,拍品編號277                    in numerous forms with different names
                                                                          。
                                                                          詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏,芝加哥。                                           representing the outer, inner and secret
                                                                                                                                         aspects of his spiritual being. Here, he is
                                                                          展覽:                                                            seated in  dhyanasana  on a lush lotus base
                                                                          洛杉磯,Neil Kreitman藝廊,The Enlightened Ones,1980年                 with a beaded rim. He holds a vajra and kapala
                                                                          5月。
                                                                                                                                         in his hands and wears thick robes patterned
                                                                          出版:                                                            with a  ruyi  motif at the collar. His crown
                                                                          N. Kreitman,《The Enlightened Ones》,洛杉磯,1980年,圖                 is topped with a half-vajra  rather than his
                                                                          版10。                                                           signature raven-feather cap.

                                                                                                                                         西藏/不丹   十八世紀   銅蓮花生坐像
                                                                                                                                         來源:
                                                                                                                                         私人珍藏,紐約,1990年代(傳)。
































                                                                          N. Kreitman, The Enlightened Ones, Los Angeles, 1980,
                                                                          cover and pl. 10.
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