10th Mar, 2022 10:00

DAY 1 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 50
 

50

A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
十五至十六世紀銅鎏金綠度母坐蓮像

Sold for €2,781

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Lot details

Tibet. Seated in lalitasana on a sealed double-lotus base with the pendent foot resting on a smaller lotus, the right hand extended in varadamudra and the left held in vitarkamudra. The base plate incised with a vishvavajra.

Provenance: Old Swiss private collection, purchased in Nepal, October 1968. Collector’s inventory label ‘8119’ to base. Ancient inscription ‘39’ neatly incised in Tibetan to backside of base.
Condition: Very good condition with significant old wear, some casting flaws, few small nicks, occasional light scratches, some minor losses, some inlays missing. Fine natural patina overall.

Weight: 500.3 g
Dimensions: Height 12.2 cm

The face with a serene expression surmounted by a foliate tiara, the hair arranged in a tall chignon. Clad in a knee-length dhoti and richly adorned in floral and beaded jewelry, inlaid with glass paste and semiprecious stones.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Green Tara, also dated to the 15th-16th century, at Christie’s New York in Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II on 24 September 2020, lot 947, sold for USD 18,750.

十五至十六世紀銅鎏金綠度母坐蓮像
西藏。綠度母結游戲姿坐於雙層蓮台上,右足踩在一株伸出的小蓮蓬上。右手結與愿印,左手安慰印。底座封板上刻著金剛杵。

來源:瑞士私人老收藏,1968年10月購於尼泊爾。底座上有藏家收藏編號 ‘8119’ 。底座背面刻有藏文“39”字樣。
品相:品相極好,有明顯的舊磨損,一些鑄造缺陷,很少的小刻痕,局部有輕微的划痕,一些輕微的缺損,一些鑲嵌寶石缺失。整體精美的天然包漿。

重量:500.3 克
尺寸:高12.2 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近的西藏銅鎏金綠度母像,十五至十六世紀,見紐約佳士得Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II 2020年9月24日,售價USD 18,750。

 

Tibet. Seated in lalitasana on a sealed double-lotus base with the pendent foot resting on a smaller lotus, the right hand extended in varadamudra and the left held in vitarkamudra. The base plate incised with a vishvavajra.

Provenance: Old Swiss private collection, purchased in Nepal, October 1968. Collector’s inventory label ‘8119’ to base. Ancient inscription ‘39’ neatly incised in Tibetan to backside of base.
Condition: Very good condition with significant old wear, some casting flaws, few small nicks, occasional light scratches, some minor losses, some inlays missing. Fine natural patina overall.

Weight: 500.3 g
Dimensions: Height 12.2 cm

The face with a serene expression surmounted by a foliate tiara, the hair arranged in a tall chignon. Clad in a knee-length dhoti and richly adorned in floral and beaded jewelry, inlaid with glass paste and semiprecious stones.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Green Tara, also dated to the 15th-16th century, at Christie’s New York in Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II on 24 September 2020, lot 947, sold for USD 18,750.

十五至十六世紀銅鎏金綠度母坐蓮像
西藏。綠度母結游戲姿坐於雙層蓮台上,右足踩在一株伸出的小蓮蓬上。右手結與愿印,左手安慰印。底座封板上刻著金剛杵。

來源:瑞士私人老收藏,1968年10月購於尼泊爾。底座上有藏家收藏編號 ‘8119’ 。底座背面刻有藏文“39”字樣。
品相:品相極好,有明顯的舊磨損,一些鑄造缺陷,很少的小刻痕,局部有輕微的划痕,一些輕微的缺損,一些鑲嵌寶石缺失。整體精美的天然包漿。

重量:500.3 克
尺寸:高12.2 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近的西藏銅鎏金綠度母像,十五至十六世紀,見紐約佳士得Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II 2020年9月24日,售價USD 18,750。

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