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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A COPPER FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA 尼泊爾 十四世紀 銅四臂觀音坐像
SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA NEPAL, 14TH CENTURY
NEPAL OR TIBET, 16TH CENTURY 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high 來源:
私人珍藏，紐約，1990年代（傳）。
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high $15,000-20,000
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, New York, 1990s, by repute.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, New York, 1990s, by repute.
LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24691.
LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24689.
The present example of Shadakshari Lokeshvara, a
Shadakshari Lokeshvara is the bodhisattva of ubiquitous four-armed emanation of Avalokiteshvara,
compassion, Avalokiteshvara, in his role as the lord associated with the pervasive six-syllable mantra om
of the six realms of existence— hell beings, hungry mani padme hum, is cast with a very human and
ghosts, animals, humans, demigods, and gods. In serene expression. This bronze figure is an exceptional
the present bronze, two figures flanking Shadakshari example of fine Nepalese metal casting, with well
wear unusual eye coverings with versatile benefits. modeled and detailed floral ornaments.
The eye shades used in the Himalayas were typically
made from thick or thin horse hair which protected
wearers from the harsh glare of the sun off of the high
snowy mountains or from eye strain while scholars
worked for hours on written texts. The figure at proper
right is perhaps Jamyang Lodro Senggye, a Drukpa
Kagyu lama of the fourteenth century. Compare the
figure with a sixteenth-century bronze of the lama
who wears a similar cap with inlaid stones, illustrated
on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 65407.

尼泊爾/西藏 十六世紀 鎏金銅四臂觀音坐像

來源:
私人珍藏，紐約，1990年代（傳）。
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THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
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A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF A LION
NEPAL, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
4º in. (10.8 cm.) high
$3,500-5,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in New York, late 1990s, by repute.
LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24690.

尼泊爾 十四/十五世紀 鎏金銅獅
來源:
於1990年代晚期入藏於紐約。

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