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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHAKA 清乾隆 銅金剛達卡
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) 來源
Eugen Müller-Kaiser（1890-1962）珍藏
The figure originally forms part of a censer and is very finely and
expressively cast seated with crossed legs on a lotus base with arms 著錄
crossed in vajrahumkara mudra, adorned with a five-skull diadem. 《Osatasiatika in Nurtingen》，德國，1962 年，編號 202
His head reared back with his face in a wrathful countenance,
baring his fangs, and with his hair in wavy strands down his back
and topped by a half-vajra finial.
6 in. (15 cm.) high, box
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Eugen Muller-Kaiser (1890-1962)
LITERATURE
Osatasiatika in Nurtingen, Germany, 1962, no. 202
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