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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA OR
SITATAPATRA
132 QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus base, her left
hand in vitarkamudra, her right hand held in prithvimudra,
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS embellished with semi-precious stones
TIBET, 14TH-15TH CENTURY H. 16.8 cm, 6⅝ in.
seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus base, depicted Statue de Tara ou Sitatapatra en bronze doré sur une base
with hands held in dhyanamudra and supporting a bumpa, lotiforme, dynastie Qing, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle
the deity portrayed with a serene expression below an
urna and framed by an elaborate headdress and a pair of 1 500-2 000€
pendulous earlobes adorned with ornamental earrings
H. 14 cm, 5½ in. 清 十七至十八世紀 鎏金銅度母或白傘蓋佛母坐像
Statue d’Amitayus en bronze doré, Tibet, XIVe-XVe siècle

4 000-6 000€
西藏 十四至十五世紀 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像 134

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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
VAJRAYOGINI
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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
portrayed in alidhasana, the naked body adorned with jewelry
and a garland of skulls, the right hand holding a kartrika, the
left hand raised and holding a kapala up against the wrathful
face
(2)
H. 16.2 cm, 6⅜ in.
Rare statue de Vajrayogini en bronze doré, dynastie Qing,
133 XVIIIe siècle
3 000-5 000€
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHA 清十八世紀 鎏金銅瑜伽空行母立像
CHAKRAVARTIN

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
(2) 135
H. 11 cm, 4⅜ in.
This rare representation of Ushnisha Chakravartin, one
of the Ten Wrathful Ones, see Lokesh Chandra, Buddhist
Iconography, Delhi, 1991, p. 166, fig. 364, is mounted on 136
an associated pedestal of an 18th century Qing dynasty
Shadbhuja Mahakala. PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Statue d’Ushnisha Chakravartin en bronze doré, sur une base A FINE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA
associée, dynastie Qing, XVIIIe siècle AND SAMANTABHADRI
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
1 500-2 000€
portrayed in yab-yum with his consort Samantabhadrī
H. 12.9 cm, 5⅛ in.
清十八世紀 鎏金銅頂相転輪王立像
Statue de Vajradhara en yab-yum avec sa parèdre
Samantabhadrī en bronze doré, dynastie Qing, XVIIIe siècle
8 000-12 000€

133 清十八世紀 鎏金銅金剛總持、普賢王佛母雙身歡
喜佛

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