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8007 PROPERTY FROM THE KARL VON HARYES COLLECTION
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SAMANTABHADRA
Qianlong mark and of the period 8008
Attired in princely raiment and seated in royal ease upon a base with A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF TARA
the Chinese characters, ‘da Qing Qianlong nian jing zao’, cast in raised Qing, Pala Revival, 18th century
relief along the top edge; ‘Puxian pusa’ incised below the lotus petal Adorned with jewels and an elaborate diadem, seated upon a double
band, and ‘ban ruo pin’ on the reverse; the base sealed with a plate lotus base in the posture of royal ease.
incised with a visvajra and taiji roundel. 5 3/4in (14.6cm) high
5in (12.7cm) high
$6,000 - 8,000 $5,000 - 7,000
清乾隆 普賢菩薩銅像 「大清乾隆年敬造」款 清十八世紀 復興帕拉風格 度母銅像
The Qing court’s taste for Buddhist sculpture made in the Indian Pala
style is clearly evident in the holdings of the Palace Museum, Beijing
and the Rehol palace. (See Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism
Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1992 and Chang & Hsu,
Buddhist Art from Rehol, Taipei, 1999, respectively.) Compare with
other Pala Revival pieces sold at Bonhams, New York, 17 September
2014, lots 49-52.
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