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118 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 10 SEPTEMBER 2019 BODIES OF INFINITE LIGHT

330 A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER

ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA
TIBET, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY

finely cast, seated in vajraparyankasana with the hands held in
dharmacakra mudra, lotus blossoms bearing a water sprinkler,
bumpa labum, and a lotus bud flanking the broad shoulders, the
long stems of the flowers aligned with the arms and terminating
in the palms, the high topknot surmounted by a stupa and
encircled by a five-point diadem, the central section of which is
inlaid with turquoise and supported below by a mask of Garuda,
above a turquoise-inlaid urna and arched, sweeping brows
framing the silver and copper-inlaid eyes, the body adorned with
jewelry and ornaments, a sash draped over the shoulders and
flaring out from the elbows, a jeweled girdle securing the dhoti
with lotus-incised hem, raised on a double-lotus base, the base
sealed with a copper plate inscribed with a vishvavajra

Height 10⅞ in., 27.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Asian Private Collection.

西藏 十五 / 十六世紀 銅錯銀嵌綠松石彌勒佛坐像
來源
亞洲私人收藏

$ 50,000-70,000