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PROPERTY FROM AN EAST ASIAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE
‘SAMANTABHADRA AND
SAMANTABHADRI’ GROUP
TIBET, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
cast with Samantabhadra seated in
vajraparyankasana on a double lotus base with a
beaded upper edge, further depicted embracing
the consort Samantabhadri with the arms placed
in dhyanasana, Samantabhardi portrayed with
arms outstretched over Samantabhadra’s
shoulders and holding a vajra in the right hand
37.5 cm, 14¾ in.
HK$ 150,000-250,000
US$ 19,300-32,100

In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the
Samantabhadra Buddha arises from the early
Nyingma Tantric literature of the Guhyagarbha
Tantra. He is typically depicted naked, with
a Buddha Appearance, hands in meditation
gesture, legs in vajra posture, embracing
the consort Samantabhadri, their union
representing the blissful essence of the Truth
Body of all Buddhas. For a thangka depicting
Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri, see Marylin
M. Rhie and Robert A. F. Thurman, The Sacred Art
of Tibet, London, 1991, pl. 430, no. 51A.
十八至十九世紀 西藏鎏金銅普賢王如來像

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