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A TIBETO-CHINESE GILT Shape: Sculptural
BRONZE OF SAMVARA AND Weight: 132,5 grams
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CONSORT, 18 CENTURY Dimensions: Height 7 cm
Cast and gilt bronze in two pieces, Condition: Excellent condition
with finely incised and chiseled with some wear and traces of use,
detail work. Remainders of old unsealed
pigments. Fine patina Provenance: Property from
Tibet / China, 18 – earlier 19 an important German private
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century collection, assembled between
1980 and 2012
The two-armed Samvara seated in
vajrasana on a lotus base, holding 18ᶾ䲨大啷揬戭挷慹㬉╄ἃ暁幓⁷
vajra and ghanta in his hands 挷慹揬戭炻暁幓↮暊炻䱦ⶍ晽揬炻冲
showing the karana mudra and 柷⼑炻⊭㻧⬴┬
embracing his two-armed consort, 大啷/ᷕ⚳炻18军19ᶾ䲨⇅
holding kapala and kartika, both ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⸽㛒⮩
wearing elaborate jewelry and a ⽟⚳䥩Ṣ慵天㓞啷炻㕤1980⸜军
tiara, Samvara with a finely incised 2012⸜攻⍾⼿
dress and scarve.
EstimateġEUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-

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A SMALL COPPER-ALLOY Dimensions: 6 cm height.
FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI, TIBET, Condition: Good condition with
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15 – 16 CENTURY wear, traces of use and some
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Cast statue with rich age-patina minor dents, unsealed
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Tibet, 15 – 16 century Provenance: Property from a
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A TIBETO-CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF BEGTSE, QING DYNASTY A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF WHITE JAMBHALA RIDING ON A Depiction of dharmapala Vajrapani pre-1990
Cast bronze with finely incised and chiseled detail work. Fine patina DRAGON, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY stepping to the right (alidhasana),
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Tibet / China, 18 – 19 century Cast, sculpted and gilt bronze with finely incised and chiseled detail a vajra in his uplifted right hand, 啷⁛戭慹∃ㇳ厑啑炻大啷炻15-16
work. Remainders of old pigments. Fine patina the other to the front holding the ᶾ䲨
Begtse is portrayed standing in alidhasana with a horse and vanquished China, 18 century pasha, on an unsealed lotus base. 戭⁷炻寸⭴䘬㬚㚰⊭㻧
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human underfoot, the left hand holding a human heart towards the Details such as jewelry, flaming 大啷炻15军16ᶾ䲨
growling mouth, the right holding a flaming sword with its handle Seated astride a striding dragon, with its scaly skin skillfully incised, hair, tiger’s fur, string of human ⑩䚠列⤥炻⸽㛒⮩
carved in the shape of a horse’s head, clad in armor with a string of Jambhala is shown with one hand in karana mudra, the other in tarjani skulls around the waist, skull-tiara 匟嗕䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻㕤1990⸜⇵⍾⼿
human heads worn as a tiara, the fearsome countenance with three mudra, wearing a fur skirt, with finely chased details, fluttering scarf etc. are well executed.
protruding eyes, beneath flaming hair. The lotus base unsealed. and jewelry, the face with ferocious expression, framed by elongated EstimateġEUR 200,-
One of the eight wrathful protectors of Buddhist doctrine, Begtse is an earlobes with chiseled disc-shaped earrings, and a tiara fronting the red Shape: Sculptural Starting price EUR 100,-
important guardian of the Geluk order. curled hair. Weight: 103 grams
White Jambhala is a manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, born from the
Shape: Sculptural compassionate bodhisattva’s right eye. He can remove the suffering
Weight: 105,5 grams of poverty and sickness, purify non-virtuous karma, remove karmic
Dimensions: 7,5 cm height obstacles, and avert disaster. 124
Condition: Good condition with wear, traces of use and some minor A TIBETO-CHINESE MINIATURE Shape: Sculptural
dents, unsealed Shape: Sculptural BRONZE OF SAMVARA AND Weight: 30 grams
Provenance: Property from a Dutch private collection acquired pre-1990 Weight: 61 grams CONSORT, QING DYNASTY Dimensions: Height 4,7 cm
Dimensions: 5,5 cm height Cast bronze-alloy with incised Condition: Excellent condition with
Auction result comparison: ASIAN ART. Sotheby’s, 19 MARCH 2016, Condition: Excellent with only minor wear detail work. Good patina. some wear and traces of use, still
NEW YORK, lot 1351. (for a gilt bronze with the same subject, but larger) Provenance: Property from an important German private collection, Tibet / China, 18 – 19 century sealed
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assembled between 1980 and 2012 Provenance: Property from
㶭ẋ戭⣏䲭⎠␥ᷣ䩳⁷ The four-armed Samvara standing an important German private
戭揬炻晽ⶍ䳘兑炻⊭㻧列⤥ Auction result comparison: IMAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT: DEVOTIONAL in pratyalidhasana on an incised collection, assembled between
大啷İᷕ⚳炻IJĹ军IJĺᶾ䲨 WORKS OF ART & PAINTINGS. Sotheby’s, 16 SEPTEMBER 2015, NEW and fully sealed lotus base, wearing 1980 and 2012
⑩䚠列⤥炻ṃ姙䡽䡘炻⸽悐㛒⮩ YORK, lot 476. (for a gilt bronze with the same subject, but larger) a tiara consisting of a string of
匟嗕䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻㕤1990⇵⍾⼿ human skulls, a tiger’s fur gown 㶭ẋ大啷揬戭挷慹㬉╄ἃ暁幓⁷
18ᶾ䲨挷慹曺戭䘥屉䤆榶漵⁷炻ᷕ⚳ around the waist, a scarf and 揬曺戭炻晽ⶍ䱦䳘炻⊭㻧列⤥
EstimateġEUR 300,- 曺戭挷慹炻䱦ⶍ晽搧炻冲柷⼑炻⊭㻧⬴┬ elaborate jewelry, holding vajra and 大啷İᷕ⚳炻IJĹ军IJĺᶾ䲨
Starting price EUR 150,- ᷕ⚳炻18ᶾ䲨 ghanta in his principal two hands ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⮩⸽
⑩䚠㤝⤥ and embracing his two-armed ⽟⚳䥩Ṣ慵天㓞啷炻㕤IJĺĹı军ijıIJij
⽟⚳䥩Ṣ慵天㓞啷炻㕤1980军2012⸜攻⍾⼿ consort, and two further attributes ⸜攻岤ℍ
in his third and fourth hand.
EstimateġEUR 300,- Considering how small this statue EstimateġEUR 200,-
Starting price EUR 150,- is, it surprises the beholder how Starting price EUR 100,-
well the many details are executed,
still without cluttering the serene
depiction at all.

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