11th Mar, 2022 10:00

DAY 2 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
Lot 404
 

404

A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ MANDORLA, 17TH CENTURY
十七世紀銅鎏金錘鍱光背

Sold for €5,688

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

Tibet. The top register of the openwork mandorla worked with addorsed makaras on either side with scrolling tails, rising up to support a central top image of Garuda flanked by attendant creatures, the bottom registers with bodhisattvas and further makaras as well as floral diapered bands, all within a beaded and flaming border centered by the Three Jewels.

Provenance: Collection of Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, acquired in the Italian trade in the early 2000s. Leonardo Vigorelli is a retired Italian art dealer and noted collector, specializing in African and ancient Hindu-Buddhist art. After studying anthropology and decades of travel as well as extensive field research in India, the Himalayan region, Southeast Asia, and Africa, he founded the Dalton Somaré art gallery in Milan, Italy, which today is being run by his two sons.
Condition: Very good condition with some old wear particularly to gilt, minor dents, small losses, cracks. Fine, naturally grown, dark patina. Remnants of ancient pigment.

Weight: 718.4 g (excl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 26 cm (excl. stand) and 31 cm (incl. stand)

With an associated stand. (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare a near-identical gilt-copper repoussé mandorla, also dated to the 17th century, at Christie’s New York in The Sporer Collection of Himalayan Sculpture on 15 September 2015, lot 57, sold for USD 6,000.


十七世紀銅鎏金錘鍱光背
西藏。鏤空光背頂部為三寶,其下可見兩隻摩迦儸分佈在迦樓羅兩側。兩旁還有很多神獸,底部可見菩薩與更多的迦樓羅以及卷葉紋。

來源:義大利貝加莫Leonardo Vigorelli收藏,2000年初購於義大利古玩市場。Leonardo Vigorelli是一位退休的義大利藝術品經銷商和著名收藏家,專門研究非洲和古代印度教佛教藝術。在學習人類學和數十年的旅行以及在印度、喜馬拉雅地區、東南亞和非洲的廣泛實地研究之後,他在義大利米蘭創立了 Dalton Somaré 藝術畫廊,如今由他的兩個兒子經營。
品相:狀況極好,有一些磨損,特別是鎏金方面,還有小凹痕、小缺損、裂縫。自然細膩的包漿,顏料餘留。

重量: 718.4 克 (不含底座)
尺寸:高 26 厘米 (不含底座) ,高31 厘米 (含底座)

底座。(2)

拍賣結果比較:比較一件幾乎一模一樣的鎏金錘鍱光背,十七世紀,見紐約佳士得The Sporer Collection of Himalayan Sculpture 2015年9月15日 lot 57, 售價USD 6,000

 

Tibet. The top register of the openwork mandorla worked with addorsed makaras on either side with scrolling tails, rising up to support a central top image of Garuda flanked by attendant creatures, the bottom registers with bodhisattvas and further makaras as well as floral diapered bands, all within a beaded and flaming border centered by the Three Jewels.

Provenance: Collection of Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, acquired in the Italian trade in the early 2000s. Leonardo Vigorelli is a retired Italian art dealer and noted collector, specializing in African and ancient Hindu-Buddhist art. After studying anthropology and decades of travel as well as extensive field research in India, the Himalayan region, Southeast Asia, and Africa, he founded the Dalton Somaré art gallery in Milan, Italy, which today is being run by his two sons.
Condition: Very good condition with some old wear particularly to gilt, minor dents, small losses, cracks. Fine, naturally grown, dark patina. Remnants of ancient pigment.

Weight: 718.4 g (excl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 26 cm (excl. stand) and 31 cm (incl. stand)

With an associated stand. (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare a near-identical gilt-copper repoussé mandorla, also dated to the 17th century, at Christie’s New York in The Sporer Collection of Himalayan Sculpture on 15 September 2015, lot 57, sold for USD 6,000.


十七世紀銅鎏金錘鍱光背
西藏。鏤空光背頂部為三寶,其下可見兩隻摩迦儸分佈在迦樓羅兩側。兩旁還有很多神獸,底部可見菩薩與更多的迦樓羅以及卷葉紋。

來源:義大利貝加莫Leonardo Vigorelli收藏,2000年初購於義大利古玩市場。Leonardo Vigorelli是一位退休的義大利藝術品經銷商和著名收藏家,專門研究非洲和古代印度教佛教藝術。在學習人類學和數十年的旅行以及在印度、喜馬拉雅地區、東南亞和非洲的廣泛實地研究之後,他在義大利米蘭創立了 Dalton Somaré 藝術畫廊,如今由他的兩個兒子經營。
品相:狀況極好,有一些磨損,特別是鎏金方面,還有小凹痕、小缺損、裂縫。自然細膩的包漿,顏料餘留。

重量: 718.4 克 (不含底座)
尺寸:高 26 厘米 (不含底座) ,高31 厘米 (含底座)

底座。(2)

拍賣結果比較:比較一件幾乎一模一樣的鎏金錘鍱光背,十七世紀,見紐約佳士得The Sporer Collection of Himalayan Sculpture 2015年9月15日 lot 57, 售價USD 6,000

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