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A CAST AND REPOUSSÉ
GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A
BODHISATTVA
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The fgure sits in dhyanasana on a
double-lotus base with both hands held in
vitarkamudra. He is clad in a fowing dhoti
with hems incised with a foliate pattern,
and is adorned with various jewelry. The
face is centered by a third eye at the
forehead, and the hair is pulled into a tall
chignon behind the repoussé tiara. The base
is sealed with a wooden plate.

14¬ in. (37.1 cm.) high, wood box.

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Tokyo, early 20th century.

The present work exhibits many
characteristics common to the Buddhist
workshops of the Qianlong period, such
as the combination of cast and repoussé
parts, the languid and slightly efeminate
treatment of the face and body, and the
tightly waisted double-lotus base with
broad petals.

Compare the larger but stylistically related
fgure of Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara
sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2016,
lot 1425.

清乾隆 鎏金銅菩薩坐像

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK
COLLECTION

1232

A PAINTING OF AMITABHA IN THE
SUKHAVATI HEAVEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Amitabha sits in dhyanasana on a lotus
blossom at center, holding an alms bowl in
his folded hands. He is surrounded by the
Eight Great Bodhisattvas, with the Eight
Dakinis in the clouds above, and meritorious
souls being born on lotus blossoms in the
pool below.

Painting 50Ω x 35Ω in. (128.3 x 90.2 cm.)
$20,000-30,000

1231 PROVENANCE

Acquired in New York in the 1940s and

thence by descent.

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