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A PARCEL GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF A
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY PANCHARAKSHA DEITY
6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) high NEPAL, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1749
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high
$15,000-20,000
$15,000-20,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, New York, 1980s, by repute. PROVENANCE:
Estate of Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, Paris, acquired in
LITERATURE: the 1920s, by repute.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24693. William Louis-Dreyfus Collection, New York, by repute.
Bonhams New York, 18 March 2013, lot 145.
尼泊爾 十八世紀 銅局部鎏金釋迦牟尼佛坐像 LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24694.
來源:
私人珍藏，紐約，1980年代（傳）。
尼泊爾 公元1749年 鎏金銅護法神坐像
來源:
Pierre Louis-Dreyfus舊藏，巴黎，1920年代入藏（傳）。
William Louis-Dreyfus 珍藏，紐約 （傳）。
紐約邦瀚斯，2013年3月18日，拍品編號145。

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The present figure appears to be a deity from the group are particularly popular in Nepal where the present work
of Pancharaksha, or Five Protector Goddesses. The was cast. The inscription on the lower rim of the base dates
Pancharaksha are a group of five female deities personifying the work to the year 1749 and likely attributes the donor as
five sutra; however, they are difficult to identify individually Radrasvari Mavi. It reads:
as their iconography and attributes lack consistency. The
present figure is depicted with three faces and six arms May it be good. Radrasvari Mayi. (on the) fourth of the bright
carrying a vajra, arrow, parasol and bow, with the two empty half of Baisakh, may it be good. (Nepal) sam(vat) 869(1749 CE)
hands held in varadamudra and vitarkamudra. Pancharaksha
Translation by Ian Alsop

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