CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME SIÈCLE

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STATUE D'USHNISHAVIJAYA EN BRONZE PARTIELLEMENT DORÉ
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME SIÈCLE
Elle est assise en dhyanasana sur une base lotiforme. Elle porte un dhoti dont les bordures sont finement incisées de motifs floraux. Son front est rehaussé d'un diadème élaboré. Les huits mains rayonnant autour de la divinité effectuent diverses mudras ou tiennent des attributs. Ses trois visages sont empreints de sévérité, les fronts rehaussés du troisième oeil. Traces de polychromie.
Hauteur : 35.8 cm. (14 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Collection of Midwestern military family, acquired in Asia in the 1920s (by repute).
Sotheby's New York, 12 September 2018, lot 270.

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Further details

A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Three-faced, eight-armed Ushnishavijaya, is a goddess of longevity and is associated with the fulfillment of earthly desires. Ushnishavijaya combines aspects of three goddesses manifest in her three faces, each of which is associated with a particular aspiration. She is often invoked in old age ceremonies in which people are prepared for the afterlife in the Western Paradise. The present sculpture may be compared to a gilt-bronze figure of Ushnishavijaya, Qianlong period, of similar size (38.5 cm. high) that sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3657.

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