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A LARGE GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSE
FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND
VAJRAVARAHI
19th century
Both standing in pratiyalida, embracing with
slightly wrathful faces, his primary arms
wrapped around his consort, the others
outstretched holding various attributes,
wearing a beaded sash and garlands of
skulls and severed heads with an tiger-skin
over his back, trampling Kalaratri on the
left and Bhairava on the right, both figures
adorned in beaded jewellery and crowns, all
supported on a lotus base.
55cm (21 5/8in) high. (5).

£30,000 - 50,000
CNY270,000 - 450,000
十九世紀 銅鎏金勝樂金剛擁妃立像

Chakrasamvara is the principal
transformational deity (yiddam) of the
140 Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. He is
also the focal deity of the main tantra of
the Anuttarayoga Wisdom classification
of Buddhism, symbolising the fulfilment
140 of Wisdom and Compassion when
A THANGKA OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA Finely clad in red robes decorated with blissfully embracing his consort. From
Tibet, 18th century gilt blossoming flowers, the Buddha sits Chakrasamvara’s neck hangs a garland of
Distemper on cloth, framed and glazed. in contemplation. His arms in the earth- severed heads, signifying the purification of
62.5cm x 44 cm (24 1/2in x 13 3/8in); touching mudra, the legs in dhyanasana speech and the mental factors according
with cloth mount: 109cm x 64.5cm posture. He is flanked by his two principal to the Chittamatra or Mind-Only School as
(42 7/8in x 25 3/8in). disciples Sariputra and Mahamaudgalyayana, described by Asanga. A related figure of
each holding a khakkhara staff in the right Chakrasamvara and consort from the Yonghe
£6,000 - 8,000 hand and an alm’s bowl in the left. He is Temple, Beijing, is illustrated by Du Jianye
CNY54,000 - 71,000 further surrounded by six of the sixteen in Yonghegong: Palace of Harmony, Hong
arhats, the original followers of Buddha. Kong, 1993, p.127. A related but earlier gilt
西藏 十八世紀 彩繪釋迦牟尼佛唐卡 Above Shakyamuni, floating on wispy bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and consort,
clouds, is Tsongkhapa, the founder of the 18th century, in the Norton Simon Museum,
Provenance: a European private collection Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism, flanked Pasadena, acc.no.M.2010.1.44.S.
by Vajrasattva and Avalokiteshvara, the
來源： 歐洲私人收藏 lower register with Vajrabhairava flanked by A similar but much smaller gilt-bronze figure
Mahakala and Yama Dharmaraja. of Chakrasamvara and consort, 18th century,
was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017,
Compare with a similar thangka of lot 106.
Shakyamuni, 18th century, which was sold
at Christie’s New York, 18 march 2015, lot 142 - 150
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