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300
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL
BUDDHIST DEITY AND CONSORT
Probably 18th century
Probably representing Mahakala, the deity
cast trampling on demons and wearing a tiger
skin, four of the six arms holding attributes
including a prayer wheel, a lasso, a lotus and
a severed head, the two final arms cradling
the female consort and holding a kapala bowl
and chopper, all raised on a lotus plinth.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) high (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000
301
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ELEVEN-
HEADED AVALOKITESHVARA 300
18th/19th century
Cast standing with eight arms and eleven
heads arranged in five tiers surmounted by
one head with a wrathful expression topped
by a small head of Amitabha Buddha, the
hands fanned out in various mudras, and
holding various attributes, the body adorned
with beaded jewellery, with stand. 16.5cm
(6.1/2in) long. (2).
£1,500 - 2,500
CNY13,000 - 22,000
HK$16,000 - 27,000
302
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI
LOKESHVARA
16th/17th century or later
Wearing a pointed tiara and sitting in
padmasana on a base with double rows of
small lappets, the four-armed deity holding
a vase with the elixir of long life, a scroll of
sacred texts, a lasso and a further implement.
17.3cm (6 3/4in) high
£1,000 - 1,500 301
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

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