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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

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A RARE GILT-BRONZE INSCRIBED FIGURE OF This rare and impressive sculpture depicts the Karkota. On the reverse
NĀGA KING KARKOTA it is inscribed ‘stobs rgyu’ (སྟོབས་རྒྱུ་།) referring to Karkoṭa (one of the Eight
Tibet, 18th century Great Nāga). Compare with a related gilt-bronze figure of a Nāga King,
Cast with a six-pointed curled tiara above the blue-tinted coiled hair probably Karkota, with serpentine body, illustrated on Himalayan Art
of the deity, the eyes gazing down at the hands clasped together in Resources, item no.94996. See also a related stone carving of a Nāga
uttarabodhi, the gesture of perfection, above a snake-like body on King, also illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item no.21297.
a lotus pedestal with further Naga-like figures with human heads,
inscription on the back.
14.5cm (5 3/4in) high. (2).

£8,000 - 10,000
CNY71,000 - 89,000

十八世紀 銅鎏金龍尊王佛坐像
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