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PROPERTY FROM THE WHITE GULL STUDIO COLLECTION,
MICHIGAN

A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMOGHASIDDHI
AND A BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the Amoghasiddhi Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a double
lotus base, the right hand raised in abhayamudra and the left
hand held in dhyanamudra, wearing loose- tting garments
falling in crisp folds, the Tara gure seated in dhyanasana on
a double lotus base, the right hand held in varadamudra and
the left raised to the chest in vitarkamudra, wearing a high ve-
pointed diadem (2)
Height of taller 4½ in., 11.4 cm

PROVENANCE

C.K. Chen, Hong Kong, 1970-80.

$ 5,000-7,000

㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭挷慹ᶵ䨢ㆸ⯙ἃ⛸⁷⍲戭⹎㭵⛸⁷

INDIAN, HIMALAYAN AND
SOUTHEAST ASIAN WORKS OF ART

LOTS 1173 1217

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1173 A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEWPORT BEACH
MANJUSHRI AND SARASWATI COLLECTION
NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
A LACQUERED GILT BRONZE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13420. FIGURE DEPICTING SHADAKSHARI
LOKESHVARA
the bodhisattva and consort seated together on TIBET, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY
a double-lous throne surmounted by a aming
prabha, four-faced Manjushri with the primary Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13421.
hands at center in dharmachakra mudra, the
six auxilliary hands holding ritual weapons and the bodhisattva seated in vajraparyankasana
implements, Saraswati with the right hand on a double-lotus throne, the primary hands in
lowered in abhaya mudra and the left hand raised anjali mudra, the secondary left hand holding
in vitarka mudra a lotus and the secondary right hand in vitarka
Height 6¾ in., 17.2 cm mudra, wearing the bodhisattva jewelry and the

$ 2,000-3,000 ve-pointed crown, with conical ushnisha and
prominent urna at forehead
⯤㱲䇦ġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ戭挷慹㔯㬲厑啑⛸⁷ Height 7½ in., 19.1 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Anson Burlingame Johnson (1855-
1934), Los Angeles, California, acquired when
serving as United States Consul to Xiamen circa
1900; thence by descent.

$ 5,000-7,000

大啷ġ⋩Ḽġİġ⋩ℕᶾ䲨ġġġ戭㺮慹⚃兪奨枛厑
啑⛸⁷

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