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    Sale 1265

    INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART

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    17 September 2003

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    • A Gilt Bronze Figure of Ushnis
    Lot 76

    A Gilt Bronze Figure of Ushnishavijaya

    TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 23,900

    Estimate

    USD 25,000 - USD 35,000

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    A Gilt Bronze Figure of Ushnishavijaya
    Tibet, 15th/16th Century
    The three-faced, eight-armed goddess of longevity seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus cushion with her radiating arms carrying attributes of a miniature Buddha, arrow, visvavajra, vase, and bow, her garment incised with delicate floral scrolls, her jewelry inlaid with turquoise and garnet, her faces cold gilt with two in a peaceful and one in a wrathful countenance; base sealed and gilt with incised visvavajra
    10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high

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