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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A A PAINTING OF ZHENWU AND HIS
DAKINI TO VARJRAVARAHI COURT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY LATE MING DYNASTY
the deity in ardhaparyankasana holding a ink and color on silk, depicting Zhenwu and
kartrika in the raised right hand and a kapala his celestial court, the Daoist God seated at
in the left hand, wearing a tiger skin dhoti and the center surrounded by attendants, celestial
a flayed human skin across the back, a scarf marshals and guardians, all observing an
billowing around the shoulders, with bared intertwined tortoise and snake on the ground
fangs and flaming hair, standing on a mountain before them, all against a backdrop of scrolling
shaped separately cast base clouds, with banners, standards and the top
Height 5⅜ in., 13.6 cm of a military encampment emerging behind,
framed
PROVENANCE Height 77¾ in., 197.5 cm; Width 33½ in., 85 cm
Christie’s New York, 27th March 2003, lot 153.
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927- PROVENANCE
2020). Mathias Komor, New York, 23rd December
1948.
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-
$ 5,000-7,000
2020).
清十八世紀 銅鎏金金剛瑜伽母像 $ 5,000-7,000

來源
紐約佳士得2003年3月27日，編號153 明末 真武大帝圖 設色絹本 裝框
Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏
來源
Mathias Komor，紐約，1948年12月23日
Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏
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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF
SHADBHUJA MAHAKALA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the six-armed deity standing on an elephant-
headed prostrate figure on a lotus base, the
principal arms raised at the chest holding
a kartrika and a kapala, with the secondary
and tertiary hands holding various attributes
including a mala and damaru, wearing a flayed
elephant skin on his back, a tiger skin around
his waist and a garland of skulls around the
belly, the fierce face with bared fangs and
bulging eyes, the head surmounted by flaming
hair and a crown of skulls inset with coral and
turquoise
Height 8 in., 20.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-
2020).

◉ $ 8,000-10,000

清十八世紀 銅鎏金大力王紅瑪哈
嘎啦像
來源
Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏

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108 SOTHEBY’S COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N10644 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALLEN O. BATTLE, PH.D 109