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A gilt-Bronze figure of AMitAyus A gilt-Bronze figure of MAriCi A MAssive Bronze figure of
Qianlong nine-character mark, cyclically dated 20th century guAnyin
gengzi year, 1780 The eight-armed hog-faced incarnation of The Bodhisattva of Mercy cast standing
The Buddha of Infinite Life cast seated in the Goddess of the Dawn cast striding in upright wearing long robes, jewels and a
padmasana, the hands in dhyana mudra, the pratyalidha, holding a variety of implements high crown, the hands in abhaya and dhyana
serene face topped with a chignon, clad in including a sword, a conch and three mudra.
a bejewelled dhoti which drapes down the feathers, a miniature consort supported on 80.5cm (31 3/4in) high
front of the ornate plinth, inscribed ‘da qing the left shoulder, all raised on a lotus plinth.
qianlong gengzi nian jingzao’. 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high (3). £600 - 800
18.8cm (4/8in) high CNY5,700 - 7,600
HK$7,100 - 9,500
£800 - 1,200
£800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000 CNY7,600 - 11,000 HK$9,500 - 14,000
CNY7,600 - 11,000

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A gilt-Bronze figure of longnu A lArge gilt-Bronze figure of
18th century ChAkrAsAMvArA with vAJrAvArAhi
The female attendant of the Bodhisattva 20th century
Guanyin cast standing in long robes, a The wrathful tantric deity with sixteen heads
billowing ribbon surrounding the head, the and thirty-four arms, holding a khatvanga
covered hands holding up a dish with a ‘pearl staff, a kapala and kartika, and a double-vajra
of light’, mounted on a square plinth. and ghanta, with an elephant skin stretched
9.8cm (3 3/4in) high out across his back, in yabyum embrace with
his consort, standing atop writhing humans,
£800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000 on a lotus plinth.
CNY7,600 - 11,000 45.3cm (17 3/8in) high

£800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000
CNY7,600 - 11,000

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