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880 PROPERTY FROM A BOSTON PRIVATE COLLECTION

PROPERTY FROM A SALT LAKE CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION A POLYCHROME REPOUSSE COPPER
FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMOGHAPASHA MONGOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
17TH CENTURY
the wrathful deity standing in pratyalidhasana and brandishing
seated in dhyanasana, bearing various implements in each a vajra, with ame-form tresses pigmented red, supported on
of the six arms, the three faces surmounted by a diadem an elliptical lotus base
encircling the jatamukata Height 5½ in., 14 cm
Height 5¾ in., 14.6 cm $ 5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Albert Rudolph (1928-1973), by repute. 呁⎌ġ⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭慹∃ㇳ厑啑䩳⁷
Rosalind Ebert, New York, circa 1985.
$ 4,000-6,000 880

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881 PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
42 SOTHEBY’S
A LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF
BHAISAJYAGURU
MING DYNASTY

the crowned buddha cast seated in dhyanasana with the hands
in dhyana mudra bearing an alms bowl, a kundika and a bird
supported by lotus blossoms anking the shoulders, raised on
a double-lotus base and covered in red and gilt lacquer
Height 6¾ in., 17.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Major Oswald Stanhope Benbow-Rowe (1890-
1940), and thence by descent.
EXHIBITED
The Buddhist Arts of Asia, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,
Victoria, 2001, cat. no. 33c.
$ 1,000-1,500

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