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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
         SOLD TO BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES IN ASIA
         亞洲私人珍藏 — 有關收益將捐贈予亞洲精神健康慈善機構







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         A GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF                  清乾隆   鎏金銅錘鍱違藍佛坐像
         VELAMA BUDDHA                                                           「大清乾隆年敬造」刻款
         QIANLONG INCISED SEVEN-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE
         PERIOD (1736-1795)                                來源
         The deity is shown seated in dhyanasana with his hands in   香港蘇富比,1989 年 11 月 15-16 日,拍品 586 號
         bhumisparsa mudra, the shoulders covered with a shawl and   重要亞洲珍藏
         the long robes open at the chest and tied at the midriff. His face
         has a benevolent expression with downcast eyes, bow-shaped   紐約蘇富比,2011 年 9 月 14 日,拍品 325 號
         mouth flanked by long pendulous ear lobes, his hair arranged   佛陀全跏趺坐,右手下垂作觸地式,左手施冥想印。身穿袈裟,袒露前
         in tight curls rising to a domed usnisha. The lotus plinth is   胸,雙眼目光垂視,雙唇略帶微笑,神情莊重慈祥。下承雙層蓮座,蓮
         incised to the top with a five-syllable Tibetan inscription   座頂面刻有五字藏文,意思為「一切義見【如來】」。近足處正面刻「大
         rendered in Uchen script reading sa-rvā-rtha-da-rshī, 'He Who   清乾隆年敬造」款,款右邊刻「違藍佛」,左邊刻四字藏文,意思為「遍
         Sees All Goals'; the front side near the bottom with a Chinese   知三時 ( 過去、現在、未來 ) 佛」。兩側各刻滿文銘文。
         inscription reading Da Qing Qianlong nian jingzao, ‘Respectfully
         made during the Qianlong reign’, flanked by another Chinese
         inscription on the right reading Weilan Fo ‘Buddha Weilan’, and
         a four-syllable Tibetan inscription in Uchen script on the left
         reading Dus-mkhyen-rgyal-po, '(Three)-Time-Knowing Lord'.
         The two narrow sides are further inscribed with two sets of
         Manchu script.
         12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, box
         HK$200,000-300,000              US$26,000-39,000

         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15-16 November 1989, lot 586
         Property from an important Asian collection
         Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2011, lot 325
































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