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AN OUTSTANDING AND 明宣德

EXTREMELY RARE GILT- 鎏金銅四面八臂金剛瑜伽女立像

BRONZE DANCING FIGURE OF 《大明宣德年施》款

VAJRAYOGINI 來源：

INCISED MARK AND PERIOD 傳 Vérité 收藏
OF XUANDE 香港蘇富比2010年4月8日，編號1859

dancing in pratyalidhasana and balancing on the left foot atop
a crescent moon emerging from the utpala flower, the right
foot raised with the sole of the foot exposed, with eight arms,
the principle hands holding a vajra and ghanta, the auxillary
hands folding a khadga sword, a blood-filled kapala, damaru
drum, a khatvanga, and triratna flaming jewels on a slender
stem, each of the four faces depicted with a third eye, the
figure further adorned with panchamudra jewellery, her taut
body bejewelled with beaded chains covering her chest and an
elaborate beaded girdle suspending jewelled sashes worn over
a tiger-skin skirt, her shoulders further draped with a garland
of severed human heads, all upon a single lotus pedestal,
inscribed with a six-character reign mark, the base engraved
with a vishvavajra
36.1 cm, 14¼ in.

PROVENANCE

The Vérité collection, by repute.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2010, lot 1859.

HK$ 25,000,000-30,000,000
US$ 3,200,000-3,840,000

MARK
144 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比