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ANOTHER PROPERTY PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTOR

3236 3237

A BRONZE MOULD FOR GUANGMU TIANWANG, A RARE SINO-TIBETAN GILT-LACQUERED

VIRUPAKSA ZITAN FIGURE OF AMITABHA

QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The Buddha is modelled seated in dhyanasana with the right hand
held in front above the left hand, palms upward in dhyana mudra.
The removable front panel is carved with two characters dong The face is finely carved to provide a serene expression, and
san and is cast to the interior side with the characters Guangmu framed by the hair dressed in a tall topknot surmounted by a tall
Tianwang beside an inscription in Manchu and Lança characters usnisa. The face and neck are decorated with gilt lacquer. Dressed
above a six-character Qianlong mark. The interior of the mould is in a flowing robe designed with gilt florettes. The whole is set
cast with the Guardian of the West, Virupaksa seated on a double on top of a single lotus base, the front of which is inscribed with a
lotus base within a scroll border. Tibetan inscription in gilt which identifies the figure, indicates its
3 √ in. (9.9 cm.) high placement- ‘first from the right’, and concludes with a prayer.
11 ¿ in. (28.5 cm.) high, box
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000

PROVENANCE HK$280,000-350,000 US$37,000-45,000

Sold at Christie’s London, 13 May 2008, lot 160

清乾隆 銅廣目天王擦擦模 PROVENANCE
雙方框「大清乾隆年製」楷書刻款
M&C Gallery, 2005
來源
倫敦佳士得，2008 年 5 月 13 日，拍品 160 號 清十七 / 十八世紀 漆金紫檀阿彌陀佛坐像

此尊坐像的座上有漆金藏文銘文，內容標名佛像「右一」的排列位置、
其名號及頌讚。

來源
乾坤堂，2005 年
亞洲私人珍藏

3236 (marks) 3237 inscription
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