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A MING DYNASTY COPPER BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF THE GREEN TARA, QIANLONG
Copper bronze, mounted to modern wooden base Cast and fire-gilt bronze, sealed, good patina
Sino-Tibetan, Ming Dynasty China, Qianlong period (1736-1795)

The ferocious deity is striding in alidhasana, his four arms holding attributes Elegantly seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus pedestal, the
including a kapala and kartri on the primary hands, and a sword and shield in his hands in varada mudra and vitarka mudra, flanked by two
raised hands. He is wearing a tiger skin loin cloth and a garland of decapitated lotuses rising to the shoulders, the serene face framed by an
human heads around the neck and waist. elaborate tiara and earrings, wearing a dhoti delicately adorned
with beaded necklaces, armlets and bracelets. The base with
The protector deity Mahakala is a wrathful form of the primordial Vajradhara, original, incised copper plate sealing.
the supreme essence of all Buddhas. He can be two-armed, four-armed (as in
the present lot) or six-armed. Mahakala’s fearsome appearance and the terrifying Shape: Sculptural
implements that he holds display his capability to cope with our persistent and Weight: 138,5 grams
unwanted negativities. His most distinctive symbolic attributes are the chopper Dimensions: 8 cm (height) 119
(kartri) and the skull bowl (kapala) filled with blood, symbolizing the sharp edge of Condition: Excellent with minor wear A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN Condition: Good condition with old
wisdom shredding all materialistic negative attitudes in the human-skull bowl of Provenance: German private collection HOLDING A RUYI SCEPTER, MING wear and evident patina, traces of us
emptiness that holds the blood of defeated evil and demonic elements. DYNASTY as expected on a bronze of this age,
Ḧ昮㗪㛇挷慹戭䵈⹎㭵 Cast bronze with incised detail work. unsealed
Shape: Figural shape 戭揬䀓拵慹炻⮩⸽炻⊭㻧列⤥ Good patina Provenance: German private collection,
Dimensions: 18,5 cm (height of sculpture alone) 14,5 cm (width) 7,5 cm (height ᷕ⚳炻Ḧ昮⸜攻(1736-1795⸜) China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) assembled between 1960 and 2013
including base) ⑩䚠㤝⤥
Condition: Very good condition with age-related signs of wear and small nicks. ⽟⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Seated in a pose of meditation vajrasana Auction result comparison: ASIAN ART.
Impressive patina on an oval plinth with a ruyi scepter held Bonham’s, San Francisco, 21 June 2011,
Provenance: Austrian private collection; bought in the 1990s by Sohel Chawla, New EstimateġEUR 400,- to the front in both hands, the brocade- lot 8186A. (for a gilt version of the same
Delhi India for his private museum Starting price EUR 200,- patterned robe and cloak with incised subject, Guanyin also holding a ruyi
flower-borders flaring out to the front and scepter, of comparable size)
Auction result comparison: Bonham’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF covering both shoulders, an openwork
ART, 26 May 2014, Hong Kong, Admiralty, lot 155 (for a Mahakala copper bronze crown, ornate earrings and multi-strand 㖶ẋ戭挷慹⤪シ奨枛⹏⁷
statue, dating to the same period). necklace framing the serene visage with 戭挷慹炻䱦ⶍ晽搧炻⊭㻧⬴┬
its downcast eyes, the hair combed to a ᷕ⚳炻㖶ẋ(1368-1644)
㖶ẋ⣏湹⣑戭⁷ chignon. ⑩䚠列⤥
曺戭炻㛐岒⸽⹏ ⽟⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻㕤1960军2013⸜攻岤ℍ
㻊啷炻㖶ẋ Shape: Sculptural
⑩䚠列⤥炻⊭㻧⬴┬ Weight: 1939 grams EstimateġEUR 500,-
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Dimensions: Height 24 cm Starting price EUR 250,-
EstimateġEUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-

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