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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A GELUG LAMA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
seated in dhyanasana atop a cushion, the right hand in
vitarkamudra, the left hand resting on the lap, wearing loose
robes and a pandita hat
H. 10.7 cm, 4¼ in.
Statuette d’un lama de l’ordre Gelug en bronze doré, dynastie
Qing, XVIIIe siècle
2 000-3 000€

清十八世紀 鎏金銅黄教喇嘛坐像

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A THANGKA DEPICTING PANJARA MAHAKALA
TIBET, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
distemper on cloth, the wrathful divinity supporting a gandi
across his forearms and holding a kapala and a katrika
33 x 26 cm, 13 by 10¼ in.
Tangka représentant Panjara Mahakala, détrempe sur toile,
Tibet, XIXe-XXe siècle
400-600€

西藏 十九至二十世紀 瑪哈嘎拉唐卡 設色布本 立
軸
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE FIFTH DALAI
LAMA, NGAWANG LOPSANG GYATSO (1617-1682) 140
TIBET, 17TH-18TH CENTURY PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION into the 19th century. These visually striking objects, were not
seated on a double cushion base, wearing voluminous robes, AN UNUSUAL SMALL EMBELLISHED GILT- merely sophisticated decorative objects but also markers of
his right hand in vitarkamudra BRONZE ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER the unrivalled wealth of the Qing Empire. Together with the
H. 7.2 cm, 2⅞ in. well known automaton clocks, perhaps the most extravagant
QING DYNASTY works of art made during the Qing dynasty and often
A similar gilt-bronze example from the Kozlov Collection is similarly fashioned with coloured glass, the present incense
in the The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, see in the form of an archaic vessel with crenellated flanges, burner likely belongs to this group of sophisticated precious
Matin Brauen, ed., The Dalai Lamas: A Visual History, Zürich & fangding, supported on four tubular legs, embellished on objects made in the southern Guangdong province, as tribute
Chicago. 2005, p. 87, pl. 58. all sides with coloured glass beads forming a central shou gifts to the Imperial court in Beijing.
character surrounded by yellow and red bats reserved on a
Statuette du cinquième Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lopsang Gyatso blue ground, beneath a border of gilt bronze leiwen, each leg Petit brûle-parfum en bronze doré avec incrustations de verre
(1617-1682), en bronze doré, Tibet, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle
similarly embellished with a shou medallion, the finial with a teinté, dynastie Qing
ying yang symbol
2 000-3 000€ (3) 3 000-5 000€
H. 16.6 cm, 6½ in.
西藏 十七至十八世紀 鎏金銅五世達賴喇嘛坐像
Opulently decorated artefacts such as this incense burner 清 鎏金銅嵌料石長方熏爐
epitomises the unique stylistic syncretism that developed in
Guangzhou from the mid through the late 18th century and
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