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A GILT!BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA PROPERTY OF A LADY
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY A GILT!BRONZE FIGURE OF
cast seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus pedestal, SURYABHASKARA
grasping avajra and ghanta in each hand, dressed in elaborate TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
jewellery and a dhoti, with a long celestial scarf draped across
the shoulders and arms, the meditative face framed by large the Þ gure seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, his
earrings and an leaf crown enclosing the high scrolling chignon right hand in vitarka mudra supporting an uptala lotus, his
15.5 cm, 6⅛ in. left resting on his thigh, wearing a dhoti and a loose shawl
over the shoulders and adorned with necklaces and other
£ 10,000-15,000 body jewellery, his peaceful contemplative face framed with
HK$ 111,000-166,000 US$ 14,100-21,200 pendulous ears and supporting a three leaf tiara in front of a
high chignon
૶ɤɞ˰ߏ ⺗ږზږ࡝ᔜ⃡Ѭ྅ 18 cm, 7⅛ in.
The iconography of this skilfully casted bronze sculpture,
seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with his right
hand in vitarkamudra supporting an uptala lotus, represents
the Bodhisattva Suryabhaskara, one of the principal
attendants to Bhaishajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha. Compare
a related Þ gure from the Prince Ukhtomsky Collection
and now preserved in The State Hermitage Museum, St.
Petersburg, illustrated in Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A. F.
Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion. The Sacred Art of Tibet,
San Francisco, 1991, pl. 134
£ 12,000-15,000
HK$ 133,000-166,000 US$ 16,900-21,200

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