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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 明永樂 鎏金銅綠度母坐像
A FINELY CAST GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF 《大明永樂年施》款
GREEN TARA
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGLE
finely cast seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with
beaded edges, the right foot resting on an individual lotus
issuing from the base, depicted with the hands held in varada
and vitarkamudra, the face rendered with a benevolent
expression accentuated with downcast eyes and a gently
smile, framed by a pair of pendulous earlobes adorned
with ornate wheel-shaped earrings and an elaborate crown
enclosing a high chignon, further portrayed with ornamental
jewellery and entwined with long multi-stemmed lotus flanking
the shoulders, the base inscribed with a six-character reign
mark
20.5 cm, 8 in.
HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 383,000-640,000

Mark

156 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比