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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.