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                                                                          PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION                   PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
                                                                          A GILT-COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF                                 A BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA
                                                                          VAJRASATTVA                                                   TIBET, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
                                                                          TIBET, 14TH CENTURY                                           wood stand
                                                                          19.8 cm, 7¾ in.                                               (2)
                                                                                                                                        H. 13.2 cm, 5¼ in.
                                                                          Statuette de Vajrasattva en alliage de cuivre doré, Tibet, XIVe
                                                                          siècle                                                        Statuette de Mahakala en bronze, Tibet, XVIe-XVIIe siècle
                                                                          ‡  6 000-8 000 €                                              ‡  3 000-5 000 €
                                                                          西藏 十四世紀 鎏金銅合金金剛薩埵坐像                                           西藏 十六至十七世紀 銅大黑天坐像
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               PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION                                                                                                                                                                              46
               A SMALL GILT-COPPER OFFERING GODDESS
               NEPAL, CA. 14TH CENTURY
               8 cm, 3⅛ in.
               The mirror in her right hand possibly identifies the offering
               goddess as Prabhavati, see Lokesh Chandra, Buddhist
               Iconography, Delhi, 1991, p. 175, fig. 400
               Statuette de déesse des offrandes en cuivre doré, Népal, vers
               XIVe siècle                                                                                                              47
               ‡  1 500-2 500 €                                                                                                         PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
                                                                                                                                        A SMALL GILT-COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF
               尼泊爾 約十四世紀 鎏金銅女神立像                                                                                                        SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
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                                                                                                                                        TIBET, CA. 16TH CENTURY
                                                                                                                                        13.5 cm, 5¼ in.
                                                                                                                                        This finely modelled statue of Buddha retains its original
                                                                                                                                        red painted copper sealing plate. Compare the style of the
                                                                                                                                        circular double lotus pedestal with two gilt bronzes from a
                                                                                                                                        set of mahasiddha, one in the Linden-Museum, Stuttgart,
                                                                                                                                        see Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong,
                                                                          45                                                            1981, p. 449, pl. 122D, and another in a private collection, see
                                                                                                                                        Hugo Kreijger, Godenbeelden uit Tibet, exh. cat., Den Haag,
                                                                          PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION                   1989, p. 102.
                                                                          A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF SADAKSARI                             Statuette de Bouddha Shakyamuni en alliage de cuivre doré,
                                                                          AVALOKITESHVARA                                               Tibet, vers XVIe siècle
                                                                          TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY                                      ‡  4 000-6 000 €
                                                                          12.5 cm, 4⅞ in.
                                                                                                                                        西藏 約十六世紀 鎏金銅合金釋迦牟尼佛坐像
                                                                          Statuette de Sadaksari Avalokiteshvara en cuivre doré, Tibet,
                                                                          XVe-XVIe siècle

                                                                          ‡  3 000-5 000 €
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                                                                          西藏 十五至十六世紀 鎏金銅四臂觀世音菩薩坐像
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