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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHADBHUJA MAHAKALA
18th century
The God of Pristine Awareness, a wrathful emanation of Avalokitesvara,
standing on the corpse of the elephant-headed Ganapati, cast with six
hands and three eyes, the central hands holding a curved knife and
skull cup, the middle two a human skull mala and a trident, the lowest
two a damaru drum and a lasso, the deity wearing a tiger skin and
garlands of heads, bones and snakes, his head crowned with a five-
pointed Akshobhya tiara.
9cm (3 1/2in) high

£500 - 800
CNY4,800 - 7,700
HK$5,900 - 9,400

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A BRONZE ‘SHOULAO’ GROTTO
17th century
Cast with the central Daoist God of Longevity seated under a large
overhanging rock face, clad in long robes and holding a peach and
staff, flanked with a small stag and a crane, the reverse with a cast
inscription in low relief 唐揚惠之造 ‘Made by Tang Yanghui’, mounted
on a later metal plinth. The bronze: 40cm (15 3/4in) high

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,700 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ELEVEN-HEADED
AVALOKITESVARA
17th century
The standing Bodhisattva intricately modelled with eight arms, the
main hands joined in the gesture of salutation while the others radiating
with various mudras, dressed in a pleated garment and draped sash
with beaded jewellery, fixed stand.
24.7cm (9 3/4in) high (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY15,000 - 19,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000

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