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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION
(LOTS 346-347 INCLUSIVE)

~*346

A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ
MANDORLA AND A CEREMONIAL
BRONZE BELL, GHANTA
THE MANDORLA TIBET, 15TH
CENTURY, THE BELL 17TH CENTURY

The mandorla is cast in openwork with
makaras supporting Vajravahini fanked
by naginis, the lower registers with
elephants, grifins, and dancing fgures.
The bell handle is cast as a crowned
wisdom deity below a four-pronged
vajra, the bell is decorated with Buddhist
emblems and lanca characters. The
interior is inscribed in Tibetan and
Chinese.
The mandorla 9 in. (23 cm.) high, later
wood stand; the bell 6 in. (15.3 cm.) high

(2)

346 £4,000-6,000 $5,100-7,500
€4,700-6,900
347
82 CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES PROVENANCE

The mandorla: With David Rossier-
Barrier Antiquaire, Rougement, 2 May
1986.
The bell: With Gallerie Koller, Zurich, 5
December 1998, lot 17.
Property from a Private Swiss Collection,
amassed between 1963 and 1980.

西藏 十五世紀 鎏金銅背光
十七世紀 銅鎏金剛鈴
來源:瑞士私人珍藏, 購於1963年
至1980年間; 背光,於1986年5月
購自日內瓦古董商DAVID ROSSIER
ANTIQUAIRE; 剛鈴, 於1998年12
月5日購自蘇黎世古董商GALERIE
KOLLER, 品號17

*347

A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF
HAYAGRIVA
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

The four-armed and twin bird-form
headed fgure is standing before his
consort, each fgure holding various
attributes and wearing a skull crown,
supported on a detachable lotus base.
7º in. (18.4 cm.) high overall.

£5,000-8,000 $6,300-10,000
€5,800-9,200

PROVENANCE

From a private Swiss collection, amassed
between 1963-1980.

清 鎏金銅馬頭明王像
來源: 瑞士私人珍藏, 購於1963年至
1980年間