• Art d'Asie auction at Christies

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    8 June 2010

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    • STATUE DE VAJRAPANI EN BRONZE
    Lot 316

    STATUE DE VAJRAPANI EN BRONZE DORE

    TIBETO-CHINOIS, FIN DU XVIIIEME SIECLE

    Price realised

    EUR 8,750

    Estimate

    EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000

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    STATUE DE VAJRAPANI EN BRONZE DORE
    TIBETO-CHINOIS, FIN DU XVIIIEME SIECLE
    Représenté debout en pratyalidhasana sur deux naga reposant sur une base lotiforme, la main droite tenant le vajra, la gauche en tarjanimudra, vêtu d'une peau de tigre, paré de bijoux, d'une guirlande de têtes et du channavira, une écharpe flottant autour de ses épaules, le visage féroce, le front ceint d'une couronne de crânes, les cheveux en flammes rouges hirsutes laissant apparaître un serpent et un demi vajra, non scellé
    Hauteur: 28 cm. (11 in.)

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    Post Lot Text

    A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
    TIBETO-CHINESE, LATE 18TH CENTURY


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