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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A FEMALE DEITY
Tibet, possibly Densatil, 15th century
The elegant figure dancing with her left foot behind the right, the four
hands holding various attributes, the voluptuous torso adorned with inlaid
beaded necklaces and armbands, the head gently tilted head and with a
serene expression, flanked by pendulous earlobes adorned with elaborate
earrings and a five-leaf diadem enclosing neatly coiffed hair, stand.
23cm (9in) high. (2).

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000

西藏丹薩替風格 十五世紀 銅鎏金嵌寶四臂神祗像
Gilt-bronze plaques of this form, decorated with dancing deities,
adorned the stupa at the Densatil monastery complex, as seen in the
photographs taken by Pietry Francesco Mele when he accompanied
Giuseppe Tucci on his 1948 expedition to Tibet, reproduced by
O.Czaja and A.Proser, Golden Visions of Densatil: A Tibetan Buddhist
Monastery, New York, 2014, pp.38-39. Compare with a similar
example illustrated by Han Shuli, Xizang yishu jicui, Taipei, 1995,
pl.106.

Compare a similar inlaid gilt-bronze four-armed figure of a dancing
deity, Densatil, 15th century, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
3 October 2017, lot 3127.

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品
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A VERY RARE AND LARGE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF THE
BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
Tibet, 14th/15th century
Superbly cast seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus throne,
the right hand extended in bhumisparsha mudra and the left hand in
samadhi mudra, the face with a meditative expression, crowned by a
beaded tiara around the domed shaped ushnisha with tightly coiled
curls, the sanghati with borders of delicate beading enclosing finely
incised foliate scrolls along the hems which gather in a fan shape
between the feet, the front of the pedestal with a double vajra.
31.3cm (12 3/8in) high.

£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 180,000

西藏 十四/十五世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼佛坐像

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

來源： 英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今
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Well cast seated in the classical diamond posture, recalling the
seminal moment when he attained enlightenment under the bodhi
tree in Bodhgaya. Touching the ground with his right hand, he asks
the earth to witness the truth of his teachings. The elongated earlobes
represent his rejection of worldly goods and the patchwork robes,
worn in a way to leave the right shoulder bare, recall the custom
adopted by Buddhist monks in Southeast Asia when paying respect to
a holy site. Compare with a similar, slightly smaller gilt-bronze figure of
Shakyamuni, 15th century, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York,
16 March 2016, lot 723.

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