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A LACQUERED WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER
8236 Tibet, circa 13th century
144 | BONHAMS Carved in deep relief to depict two sets of the Five Tathagatas seated
in a horizontal row on elaborate plinths, surrounded by several
registers of concentric elaborate borders.
4 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 1in (12 x 44.5 x2.6cm)
US$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTHWESTERN COLLECTOR
8236
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA
Qing, circa 19th century
Adorned in princely raiment, his left hand in the gesture of reassurance,
the right displaying the 'wish-granting' mudra, his arms entwined with
flowing scarves and stalks of flowering lotuses supporting the kundika
and dharmachakra.
13in (33cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000
Compare to a similar figure sold at Bonhams, New York, 17 March
2014, lot 26. Also compare with a number of figures published in
Neven, Lamaistic Art, Brussels, 1975, nos. 80-6, especially with the
later and slightly cruder Maitreya in mirrored pose (no. 84).
