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A SELECTION OF SIX VARIOUSLY A COPPER ALLOY EWER AND COVER A MARBLE VOTIVE PLAQUE WITH THE
BRONZE AND GILT BRONZE BUDDHIST WITH SILVER-INLAID BRASS MOUNTS FEET OF VISHNU
FIGURES 19th/20th century India, 19th-20th Century
India, Tibet and China, 19th-early 20th The baluster body standing on a small The rectangular plaque with bevelled edges,
century circular foot, with a short makara spout delicately carved in shallow relief with the feet
Comprising: a gilt-bronze figure of Vairocana; with brass, silver and gilt-bronze mounts, of Vishnu over a lotus flower, the four corners
a parcel-gilt bronze figure of seated Tara the brass handle in the shape of a mythical with symbols including a further florette and
on a fixed wood stand; a parcel-gilt bronze beast, the lid with bud finial, held to the a conch shell. 13.3cm (5 1/4in) x 11.2cm (4
figure of Manjusri; a gilt-lacquered figure of handle by a short chain with coral bead. 3/8in)
standing Padmapani; a tiny seated figure of 24cm (9 1/2in) wide
Buddha on a carved and gilt wood stand; £800 - 1,200
and an Indian copper-alloy figure of Lakshmi. HK$8,600 - 13,000
The tallest: 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high (6). £800 - 1,200 CNY7,200 - 11,000
HK$8,600 - 13,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
£1,000 - 1,500 Illustrated: E. Magli, Cimeli D’Oriente:
HK$11,000 - 16,000 divagazioni su di una collezione indo-cino-
CNY9,100 - 14,000 giapponese, posseduta dall’autore. Parte I
L’India, Bologna, 1935, Fig. 2, p. 18.
Provenance
Collezione Magli, nos. 73, 74, 76, 85, 126.

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