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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 334

A GILT COPPE R FIGURE OF SADAKSHARI, TIBETO - CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: 7,000 - 9,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF SADAKSHARI
TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

Height 7 ½ in. (19.1 cm)

the four-armed bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, his primary hands folded in anjali mudra, his secondary
hands holding a lotus flower and a mala, wearing a billowing celestial shawl and clad in a dhoti incised with a foliate pattern, an
antelope skin hanging over his left shoulder, adorned with multiple beaded necklaces, bracelets, earrings and five-pointed diadem
inset with semi-precious stones, the top-knot surmounted with the head of Buddha Amitabha

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13726.

Provenance
Belgian Private Collection, acquired in the 1930s, thence by descent

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