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A GILT COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA
China, Qing Dynasty 19th/20th century
The eight-armed deity seated in dhyanasana atop a double lotus
throne, one hand raising a Buddha figure, the other seven in mudra
and with eyes, wearing a long robe with floral hems and ribbon
tassels, with three faces, each with five-pointed crowns, base
unsealed. 17cm (6 3/4in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000
232
A GILT COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
Tibet, 19th century
The figure modelled striding in asana over prostrate demons, wearing
a tiger-skin dhoti with serpents about the arms and legs, the hands
cradling a vajra and ghanta, the ferocious face flanked with large
earring and crowned with a five-pointed tiara, all raised on a lotus
plinth with a flaming mandorla, unsealed base. 14cm (5 1/2in) high

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
233
A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
The stone face of the deity sensitively carved with downcast eyes
below fine arching eyebrows, with a central urna, the small mouth
with a curling moustache, with a textile head dress carved with small
devotional figures. 20.5cm (8in) high
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000
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Provenance
A European private collection since the 1980s.

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