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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PALDEN A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBALA
MAHASIDDHA LHAMO 18th/19th century
18th century 19th century The Buddhist protector deity seated high
The figure seated at ease wearing jewellery at The female dharmapala seated on her mule upon a striding dragon, wearing strings of
the open chest and long robes with incised with eyes in the haunches, with billowing jewels, the hands in mudra, the ferocious
hems, the serene face flanked with curly tufts ribbons, holding a kapala in the left hand, the face crowned with a shock of hair and a
of hair, one hand holding a fruit, the other ferocious face crowned with flaming hair and five-petalled head dress, all raised on a lotus
balanced on the knee. 12cm (4 3/4in) high a parasol headpiece, all raised on a sea of plinth. 10.7cm (4 1/4in) high (2).
blood, flanked with crocodile and lion-headed
£3,000 - 5,000 dakinis. 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high (3). £2,000 - 3,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000 HK$30,000 - 50,000 CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000

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