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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION SOLD TO BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES IN ASIA
A GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF VELAMA BUDDHA
QIANLONG INCISED SEVEN-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF VELAMA BUDDHA
QIANLONG INCISED SEVEN-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The deity is shown seated in dhyanasana with his hands in bhumisparsa mudra, the shoulders covered with a shawl and the long robes open at the chest and tied at the midriff. His face has a benevolent expression with downcast eyes, bow-shaped mouth flanked by long pendulous ear lobes, his hair arranged in tight curls rising to a domed usnisha. The lotus plinth is incised to the top with a five-syllable Tibetan inscription rendered in Uchen script reading sa-rva-rtha-da-rshi, 'He Who Sees All Goals'; the front side near the bottom with a Chinese inscription reading Da Qing Qianlong nian jingzao, ‘Respectfully made during the Qianlong reign’, flanked by another Chinese inscription on the right reading Weilan Fo ‘Buddha Weilan’, and a four-syllable Tibetan inscription in Uchen script on the left reading Dus-mkhyen-rgyal-po, '(Three)-Time-Knowing Lord'. The two narrow sides are further inscribed with two sets of Manchu script.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, box
QIANLONG INCISED SEVEN-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The deity is shown seated in dhyanasana with his hands in bhumisparsa mudra, the shoulders covered with a shawl and the long robes open at the chest and tied at the midriff. His face has a benevolent expression with downcast eyes, bow-shaped mouth flanked by long pendulous ear lobes, his hair arranged in tight curls rising to a domed usnisha. The lotus plinth is incised to the top with a five-syllable Tibetan inscription rendered in Uchen script reading sa-rva-rtha-da-rshi, 'He Who Sees All Goals'; the front side near the bottom with a Chinese inscription reading Da Qing Qianlong nian jingzao, ‘Respectfully made during the Qianlong reign’, flanked by another Chinese inscription on the right reading Weilan Fo ‘Buddha Weilan’, and a four-syllable Tibetan inscription in Uchen script on the left reading Dus-mkhyen-rgyal-po, '(Three)-Time-Knowing Lord'. The two narrow sides are further inscribed with two sets of Manchu script.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15-16 November 1989, lot 586
Property from an important Asian collection
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2011, lot 325
Property from an important Asian collection
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2011, lot 325
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