27th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Asian Art Summer Sale
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A PARCEL-GILT COPPER REPOUSSÉ BUDDHIST RITUAL CONTAINER, NEPAL, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Separately worked in stackable sections, some finely pierced, each intricately chased with ornate decoration. The splayed foliate foot encircled by six three-lobed lidded containers, each with a lid depicting a central multi-armed tantric deity standing within a foliate arch surrounded by numerous intertwined snakes forming a protective hood, the sides with foliate panels enclosing winged apsaras with hands folded in anjali mudra flanked by mythical beasts and further panels with flowers and butterflies.
The waisted foliate mid-section with six plaques depicting crowned bodhisattvas standing in tribhanga with the right hand held at the chest in abhaya mudra and the left raised clutching a canopy of lotus buds, surmounted by a compressed element decorated with kirtimukha masks surrounded by bats enclosed by lobed panels against a ground of scrolling foliage framed by lotus petal and floral bands, topped with a jewel-form finial plaque of crowned Buddha Amitabha seated in dhyanasana atop a lotus throne, his hands lowered in dhyana mudra holding an alms bowl, backed by an arched mandorla and nimbus surrounded by foliage.
Provenance: Italian trade. Acquired from a private estate in northern Italy.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, traces of use, manufacturing irregularities, some elements loose, light warping, small dents, few minor losses, rubbing and losses to gilt.
Height: 1,377 g
Dimensions: Height 35.2 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related gilt copper repousse vase of longevity with numerous similar motifs and elements including the finial depicting Buddha Amitabha, dated 17th century, 78.7 cm high, in the Art Institute of Chicago, accession number 1995.202.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 14 December 2023, lot 736
Estimate: USD 5,000 or approx. EUR 4,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt-copper repoussé banner, Nepal, 15th-16th century
Expert remark: Compare related modeling, repoussé work, and motifs. Note the different form and purpose, and the similar size (34.2 cm).
Separately worked in stackable sections, some finely pierced, each intricately chased with ornate decoration. The splayed foliate foot encircled by six three-lobed lidded containers, each with a lid depicting a central multi-armed tantric deity standing within a foliate arch surrounded by numerous intertwined snakes forming a protective hood, the sides with foliate panels enclosing winged apsaras with hands folded in anjali mudra flanked by mythical beasts and further panels with flowers and butterflies.
The waisted foliate mid-section with six plaques depicting crowned bodhisattvas standing in tribhanga with the right hand held at the chest in abhaya mudra and the left raised clutching a canopy of lotus buds, surmounted by a compressed element decorated with kirtimukha masks surrounded by bats enclosed by lobed panels against a ground of scrolling foliage framed by lotus petal and floral bands, topped with a jewel-form finial plaque of crowned Buddha Amitabha seated in dhyanasana atop a lotus throne, his hands lowered in dhyana mudra holding an alms bowl, backed by an arched mandorla and nimbus surrounded by foliage.
Provenance: Italian trade. Acquired from a private estate in northern Italy.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, traces of use, manufacturing irregularities, some elements loose, light warping, small dents, few minor losses, rubbing and losses to gilt.
Height: 1,377 g
Dimensions: Height 35.2 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related gilt copper repousse vase of longevity with numerous similar motifs and elements including the finial depicting Buddha Amitabha, dated 17th century, 78.7 cm high, in the Art Institute of Chicago, accession number 1995.202.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 14 December 2023, lot 736
Estimate: USD 5,000 or approx. EUR 4,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt-copper repoussé banner, Nepal, 15th-16th century
Expert remark: Compare related modeling, repoussé work, and motifs. Note the different form and purpose, and the similar size (34.2 cm).
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