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A LARGE COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Qianlong seven-character mark and of the period
Finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus pedestal, an urna
on his forehead and eyes lowered in serene contemplation, his left
hand resting on his lap with the palm facing upward, his right hand
over his right leg touching the lotus throne in bhumisparsa mudra,
with traces of gilding, the lotus pedestal with inscriptions in Tibetan,
Manchu, Mongol and Chinese. 34cm (13 1/3in) high.
£5,000 - 7,000
CNY44,000 - 61,000
清乾隆 銅鎏金錘揲佛坐像
「大清乾隆年敬造」、「寶成就佛」刻款

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

The Tibetan inscriptions identify the Buddha as Drakpéchok (Great
Renown) and Yaśottara. He is 345th Buddha of the 1000 Buddhas
in the Bhadrakalpika Sutra, where he is described as follows: ‘The
Tathāgata Yaśottara, when he was an aromatics dealer, first aspired
to achieve awakening when he offered a wreath of sumanā flowers to
the Tathāgata Great Conduct. See P.Skilling, ‘How the Buddhas of the
Fortunate Aeon First Aspired to Awakening: The Pūrva-Praṇidhānas
of Buddhas 251–500’, in Annual Report of The International Research
Institute for Advanced Buddhology vol.19, 2016, pp.149-192.

Compare with a large copper-alloy repoussé figure of Buddha,
Qianlong incised seven-character mark and of the period, which was
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 9 July 2020, lot 2710.
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A GILT-BRONZE SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID FIGURE OF
MARPA
Tibet, 18th century or later
The plump figure finely cast seated on a pedestal with turquoise inlay,
a Tibetan inscription on the reverse, his right hand in earth-touching
bhumisparsa, his left hand resting on his lap, dressed in voluminous
robes with beaded hems, some picked out in silver the face with jovial
expression, flanked by pendulous ears, wood stand.
14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000

西藏，十八世紀或更晚 銅鎏金嵌赤銅及銀馬爾巴像

The Tibetan inscription on the back of the present figure reads as follow:

རྗེ་མར་བ་ལོ་ཙ་བ་ལ་ཎ་མོ་
Rje mar ba lo tsa ba la Na mo

Which may be translated as ‘Worship of Lord Marpa the Translator’.

Marpa Lotsawa Chokyi Lodoe (1012-1096) was a founder of one of
the two Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

The present figure displays the stoic expression of a seasoned elder.
Resting his hands on his knees, poised like a mountain, with the
sumptuous folds of his garment hint at the robust body underneath.

A related gilt-bronze figure of Marpa, 18th century, was sold at
Bonhams Hong Kong, 14 March 2017, lot 3218.
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