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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 325

A GILT COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA , TIBET, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD

ANOTHER PROPERTY
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA
TIBET, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

Height 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm)

the Buddha of the future seated in dhyanasana atop a double lotus base with hands in abhaya mudra and varada mudra gently
holding the stems of two lotus blossoms, the right flower supporting a kundika, the deity wearing a thin dhoti decorated with
rosettes and incised borders, adorned in beaded jewelry, the top knot secured by a five-foliate crown and topped with a stupa

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 36297.

Provenance
O. Doutrebente, Paris, December 12, 2014, lot 158

Catalogue Note
The present sculpture beautifully captures the ornamental style seen in 14th/15th century Tibetan bronze sculpture. The layering
of jewelry with inset gems, the way the cloth is drawn tightly over the legs, the movement of the flower tendrils and the fullness of
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the face show likeness to another 14 Century Buddhist goddess illustrated in U. von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, vol.
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II, Hong Kong, 2001, pl. 260D. The jewel projections emerging from the hoop earrings can also be seen on two other 14 Century
bronzes, see ibid, pls. 255B and 259C, confirming the dating of this present bronze.

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