MONGOLIE, XVIIIÈME SIÈCLE

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RARE STATUE D'USHNISHAVIJAYA EN BRONZE ET REPOUSSÉ PARTIELLEMENT DORÉ
MONGOLIE, XVIIIÈME SIÈCLE
Elle est représentée assise en vajrasana sur un socle lotiforme. Ses mains principales tiennent le vishvavajra. Ses autres mains rayonnent autour d'elle et tiennent un arc, une flèche et à l'origine une figure miniature de Bouddha (manquante). Elle est parée de bijoux incrustés et vêtue d'un sari, un châle sur ses épaules. Ses trois visages sont empreints de sévérité.
Hauteur : 52 cm. (20 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Spink & Son, London, circa 1992.
Christie's, Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2204.

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Further details

AN IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT CAST AND REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA
MONGOLIA, 18TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The embellishment of the jewellery and the treatment of the celestial scarf are similar to that on a figure of Manjusri, dating to the 17th/first half of 18th century, illustrated in On the Path to Enlightenment, The Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg Zurich, 1995, p. 114, no. 65. Compare also two other examples in the Folkens Museum Etnografiska, Stockholm, illustrated in Wisdom and Compassion - The Sacred Art of Tibet, Thames and Hudson, 1991, pp. 144-145, nos. 35-36.

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