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PROPERTY FROM AN EAST ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

A LARGE AND POWERFULLY 明十五世紀中葉
CAST GILT-BRONZE 鎏金銅大威德金剛像
FIGURE OF YAMANTAKA
VAJRABHAIRAVA AND 來源：
VAJRAVETALI 新田集團收藏，日本
MING DYNASTY, MID 15TH
CENTURY 展覽：
《金銅佛造像特展》，國立故宮博物院，台北，1987年，編號
the yidam and consort standing in alidhasana on a wood 30
pedestal carved in the form of a double-lotus base with
beaded edges below trampled figures, the yidam with a fierce 出版：
buffalo head and seven human heads, each with a third eye 《藏傳佛教金銅佛像圖典》，北京，1996年，圖版285
and adorned with a skull crown, the buffalo head detailed with
bulging eyes and a gaping mouth, all surmounted by the head
of Manjushri, the yidam with thirty-four arms holding ritual
weapons and implements aloft, the consort in ecstatic union
with the left leg wrapped around the waist of the partner,
holding in the raised right hand a kartrika
64 cm, 25⅛ in.

PROVENANCE
The Nitta Group Collection, Japan.

EXHIBITED

The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom, Exhibition of
Buddhist Bronzes from the Nitta Group Collection, National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987, cat. no. 30.

LITERATURE

Zangchuan fojiao jin tong foxiang tudian [Encyclopedia of
Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze Buddhist figures], Beijing, 1996, pl.
285.

HK$ 2,600,000-3,600,000
US$ 333,000-461,000

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