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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE SEATTLE COLLECTOR
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A HALF-GOURD AND METAL-MOUNTED WALL VASE
The chased white metal armature to the front of the gourd reticulated
as gourd vines with colored glass and stone inlay and the two-
characters inscription bu lao (ageless) chased in roundels; attached
to the flat white metal back plate with further extruding gourds and
monkeys and a hinged hanging loop that frames the removable finial
to the gourd vase.
14 7/8in (37.8cm) long
US$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
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A CAST BRONZE BUDDHIST FIGURE ON A PEACOCK
Supporting a crown displaying the five wisdom Buddhas above
his gilt face, holding his principle arms in namaskara mudra while
two additional pairs of hands hold a bow and three other now-lost
identifying implements, supported by a lotus stand raised upon a
likely associated peacock-form base.
24in (61cm) total height inclusive of stand
US$8,000 - 12,000
9264 Though there is a strong likelihood the various elements of this
piece were recently associated, the figure as it currently stands has
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTOR, iconography somewhat consistent with the Mahamayuri Vidyaraja
ACQUIRED IN CHINA IN 1901 BY THE CURRENT (Ch: Kongque Mingwang). Though this ‘Wisdom King’ is much
OWNER’S GRANDFATHER more common in Japan where it is known as the Kujaku Myo-o,
the peacock’s reputation as an effective remedy for poison inspired
9262 popular cults to this deity in China before the Yuan dynasty. A Song
TWO GILT BRONZE FIGURES OF AMITAYUS dynasty painting of the figure also riding a peacock, attired in princely
18th century, dated by inscription to 1770 garb and carrying a bow is published in Little, Stephen et al, Notable
Each similarly cast wearing a peaked crown, princely jewelry, a Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: University of
shoulder scarf and long dhoti, his hands held in dhyana mudra as he Illinois press), 36-37.
sits dhyanasana on a cloth cascading over an openwork supported
at the corners by four posts shaped as stylized vajra, the front
inscribed Da Qing Qianlong gengyin nian jingzao (both with losses,
wear to gilt).
7 3/8 and 8 1/4in (18.7 and 21cm) high
US$1,200 - 1,800
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