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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GARUDA
Tibet, 19th century Nepal, 19th century
As identified by the ewer and cakra supported by lotuses over both The mythical eagle displaying elaborate plumage to the tail, wing, and
shoulders and the stupa in his high and elaborately-bejeweled chignon, coxcomb, a snake necklace draped atop his feathered breast while
the bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana adorned in gilt, pigments and he raises his arms to either side, supporting two cylindrical containers
‘cold gold’ atop a double lotus plinth. cast to the back and the tail, standing atop a plinth adorned in a lotus-
6 1/2in (16.5cm) high petal border; the surfaces covered in substantial areas of puja powder
and displaying traces of gilt or ‘cold-gold’ notably to the beast’s
$2,000 - 3,000 forehead.
4 1/4in (10.8cm) high
Provenance
Estate of Barbara Adams (1931-2016), Washington DC $1,500 - 2,500
Provenance
Estate of Barbara Adams (1931-2016), Washington DC
With affixed label reading, “Adams Loan / Trinity College #74 / Statue”
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