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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE ‘MAHAKALA’
INCENSE-BURNER AND COVER
Qing Dynasty
The vessel with a globular body decorated with
blossoming lotus amid curling tendrils, supported
on three elephant-head feet, each with long tusks
and bejewelled harnesses inlaid with hard stones,
the domed cover cast with a seated figure of Dakini
wearing billowing scarves, the legs crossed and
holding a vajra and a bell, the face with a wrathful
expression defined by bared fangs and bulging
eyes, centred by a third eye, and surmounted by a
foliate diadem inset with hard stones.
22.3cm (8 6/8in) high.

£5,000 - 7,000
CNY44,000 - 61,000

清 銅製大黑天香爐

Provenance: a European private collection

來源：歐洲私人收藏

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A GILT-BRONZE STUPA
18th century
Solidly cast with a waisted square plinth elaborately
incised with circular patterns, the domed body
raised on a four-tiered stepped base, the dome with
a niche surmounted by tapered parasols beneath a
sun and moon finial, sealed base.
16cm (6 1/4in) high.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

十八世紀 銅鎏金佛塔

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