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8063 PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A LOKAPALA
8065 18th century
48 | BONHAMS Wearing a thickly cast gilded lower garment and swirling silk scarfs
framing his confident stance.
7in (17.8cm) high
US$7,000 - 10,000
十八世紀 銅鎏金護法神像
The primary entourage of Tibetan Buddhist deities protecting the
mortal realm consists of the Four Guardian Kings (Vaishravana,
Dhritarashtra, Virudhaka, Virupaksha) and the ten protectors of each of
the cardinal and sub-cardinal directions, including zenith and nadir. The
only one to have a human head, this figure likely depicts the protector
of the North. Compare the subject with a group of six lokapalas
published in Lipton & Ragnubs, Treasures of Tibetan Art, New York,
1996, p. 206.
8064
A GILT COPPER ALLOY VAJRABHAIRAVA RETINUE FIGURE
18th century
Transfixed on each other, the embracing fierce deities each with three
faces and six arms holding ritual choppers and skull bowls in their
primary hands.
6 1/5 in (16.5 cm) high
US$4,000 - 6,000
十八世紀 銅鎏金雙身佛像
Provenance
Private Canadian Collection, acquired San Francisco, 1995
This sculpture would have originally appeared as part of a retinue for
Vajrabhairava called the ‘Ten Wrathful Ones’. Compare to very similar
examples sold at Sotheby’s, Paris, 16 December 2015, lot 71, and
Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2016, lot 56.
8065
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
SHADAKSHARI
18th century
Finely cast with a peaceful and determined expression, and with a
glossy patina on raised edges from prolonged ritual handing and active
worship.
5in (12.7cm) high
US$4,000 - 6,000
十八世紀 銅鎏金四臂觀音像
