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13 Similar figures are found in the heavy cast panels preserved from Densatil
TWO GILT COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ PLAQUES dating to same period. See a panel sold at Bonhams, Hong Kong, 27
OF AN OFFERING GODDESS AND MANJUSHRI May 2012, lot 281 and our London, 8 November 2012, lot 260. For an
Tibet, 13th & 14th centuries example of a similar beaded flame border and figure at center, see Pal,
13 3/4 in. (35 cm) and 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) high Art of Tibet, Los Angeles, 1983, p. 205, cat. no. S17. Also compare with
$30,000 - 50,000 examples of similar quality in the Rijksmuseum (see Béguin, Dieux et
démons de l’Himâlaya, Paris, 1977, pp. 146-7, nos. 130-5).
西藏 十三與十四世紀 銅鎏金錘疊飾板兩件
Referenced
Her bowl of petals identify her as an offering goddess. Similar dakinis HAR - himalayanart.org/items/61440-61441
are found in the retinue of Chakrasamvara, but without exception they
carry a curved knife. This offering goddess would have been a part of Provenance
a group of ten panels applied to the lower or upper edge of a shrine. Manjushri: Christie’s, Amsterdam, 2 November, 1999, lot 96
Such representations can be seen in the double portrait thangka from Private Collection, USA
Ngor monastery illustrated at the back of this catalogue.
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