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A SMALL POLYCHROME- A GILT-METAL CAPRISONED
DECORATED PARCEL-GILT JADE ELEPHANT
COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF AN QING DYNASTY, 18TH
ASTRONOMER CENTURY
QING DYNASTY, 18TH the animal standing foursquare with
CENTURY its head gently turned to one side,
supporting on its back an elaborate
cast standing wearing a long-sleeved
robe ribbon-tied at the waist with a cord vase with two ribbon-shaped handles on
and a beaded necklace around his neck, a base with ruyi feet, a tasselled saddle
his right hand raised shielding his eyes draped with a cloth decorated with
as he tilts his head back to look towards stylised foliage framed by classic scroll
the stars, his left hand holding a scroll border and hardstone inlays
Height 10.7 cm, 4¼ in. Height 21.5 cm, 8½ in.
£ 30,000-50,000
£ 1,000-1,500
清十八世紀 清十八世紀
彩繪局部鎏金銅合金羅漢立像 鎏金銅鑲嵌寳瓶配青玉瑞象

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A GILT-COPPER-ALLOY
FIGURE OF VAJRAYOGINI A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
QING DYNASTY, 18TH AMITAYUS
CENTURY QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD
the deity portrayed in
ardhaparyankasana balancing on the heavily cast and richly gilt, seated in
ball of her left foot on a supine figure dhyanasana on a double lotus base with
flanked by floral sprigs atop a lotus hands held in dhyana mudra and holding
base, holding a kartrika in the primary a bumpa, dressed in an elaborate robe
right hand and a kapala in the primary embellished with semi-precious stones,
left hand, bejewelled with beaded chains the face with a serene expression
covering her chest and her shoulders beneath a five-leaf tiara, framed by a
further draped with a mundamala separately cast flaming mandorla, the
Height 16.5 cm, 6½ in. base inscribed with four characters
reading wu liang shou fo (Amitayus)
£ 7,000-9,000 Height 20.8 cm, 8⅛ in.
清十八世紀 ‡ £ 8,000-12,000
鎏金銅合金瑜伽母立像 清乾隆
鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像
《無量壽佛》款

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