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A SUPERB PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA
18TH CENTURY
The figure is cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, wearing
detachable elaborate diadems and ornate jewellery inset with colourful stones.
A sash is draped over her shoulder and arms and she wears a dhoti, the hems
finely incised with floral scrolls. The eight hands are held in different mudras
radiating about her, and her three heads each have the third eye. There are
traces of blue pigment to the hair, and her facial details are picked out in red,
black and cream pigments.
14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm.) high
£80,000-120,000 US$110,000-150,000
€88,000-130,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's New York, 12 September 2018, lot 270.
Three-faced, eight-armed Ushnishavijaya, is a goddess of longevity and is
associated with the fulfillment of earthly desires. Ushnishavijaya combines
aspects of three goddesses manifest in her three faces, each of which is
associated with a particular aspiration. She is often invoked in old age
ceremonies in which people are prepared for the afterlife in the Western
Paradise. The present sculpture may be compared to a gilt-bronze figure of
Ushnishavijaya, Qianlong period, of similar size (38.5 cm. high) that sold at
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3657.

清十八世紀 鎏金銅尊勝佛母坐像
來源:
紐約蘇富比, 2018年9月12日, 拍品270號

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