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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 BRONZE FIGURE OF MOHAYAMARI AND A 清乾隆 銅痴威羅瓦金剛像
STAND 「大清乾隆年敬造」鑄款
QIANLONG CAST SEVEN-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795) 底座銘文：
The deity is cast standing in pratyalidhasana on a lotus base 前：「大清乾隆年敬造」、「金剛棒」
holding a ghanta and chakra in each of his hands. His bearded 後：「無上陽體根本」
face is cast with the bulging third eye, his hair is pulled into a
flaming chignon secured with a skull tiara. The figure is further 來源
adorned with celestial scarves billowing across the shoulder 1962 年 10 月 5 日購於悉尼
and a garland with snakes and skulls on the neck and arms, his 倫敦邦瀚斯，2010 年 11 月 11 日，拍品 247 號
waist is encircled with a tiger skirt. The separate gilt-lacquered
stand is cast with a seven-character mark on a raised platform
and incised on the front with a three-character inscription
reading jingangbang, 'vajradanda'; and on the back with a six-
character inscription reading wushang yangti genben, 'anuttara-
yogatantra (pha rgyud)'.
7 ½ in. (18.9 cm.) high
HK$150,000-200,000 US$20,000-26,000
PROVENANCE
Purchased in Sydney on 5 October 1962
Sold at Bonham’s London, 11 November 2010, lot 247

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