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200
A COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF TARA
19th century
The female yidam cast seated in lalitasana, the hands in mudra, the
sinuous body with anklets, jewellery and flanked at the shoulders with
lotus flowers, the face crowned with a three-pointed tiara, all raised
on a double lotus throne. 13.2cm (5 1/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000
201
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Qing Dynasty
The figure seated in dhyanasana in loose robes, with the hands in
bhumisparsha mudra, the serene face topped with a high ushnisha
covered in ‘snail coil’ hair, raised on a lotus throne; together with a
Thai bronze figure of a seated Buddha, 19th century.
The largest: 21cm (8 1/4in) high (2).
201 £700 - 900
HK$7,100 - 9,200
CNY6,300 - 8,100
199
A PARCEL GILT COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF The Property of a Gentleman

BUDDHA AMOGASIDDHI Provenance
18th/19th century
The Patriarch of the Fifth family of Transcendent Buddhas typically A distinguished English Private Collection
depicted in Nirmanakaya appearance wearing simple monastic robes
with brocaded hems, seated in padmasana on a single lotus base, 202
his left hand held in the gesture of bestowing refuge, the right poised A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A STANDING
to hold an alms bowl. 19cm (7 1/2in) high BODHISATTVA
Tibet or Nepal, probably 12th century
£600 - 800 Probably Avalokiteshvara, the figure wearing a three-pointed crown
HK$6,100 - 8,200 with florets above the ears, flowing scarves and a semi-clinging dhoti,
CNY5,400 - 7,200 standing in tribhanga, a lotus bloom at either shoulder, the wood with
traces of red lacquer, fitted Victorian horn stand.
Nirmanakaya is one of the three forms of the Buddha, generally 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high
explained as the ‘physical manifestation’ of Buddha. In art, it is
distinct from the Sambhogakaya, or ‘body of divine enjoyment/form £500 - 800
body’ in that it represents the Buddha without adornments, where HK$5,100 - 8,200
the Sambhogakaya body is characterised by the major signs and CNY4,500 - 7,200
minor marks of a Buddha.

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