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AN IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA by Anonymous

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AN IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA

Gilt bronze
Sculpture
Unique artwork
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, Hong Kong (06 Apr 2016)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Apr 6, 2016
Sotheby'sHong KongImportant Chinese Art3657
$****** - ******
AN IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA
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Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

38.5 cm (15.16 in)

Materials

Gilt bronze

Provenance

A private French collection, assembled in the 1970s, by repute.

Description

the three-headed, eight-armed goddess superbly cast seated on a double lotus pedestal in vajraparyankasana, carrying in the right hands a vishvavajra raised to the chest, Amitabha Buddha seated on a lotus, an arrow and the varada mudra, the left hands holding a noose with the tarjani mudra, the abhaya mudra, a bow and the nidana-kumbha vase of life, her three faces in meditative expression with eyes cast down, framed by large wheel-shaped earrings and wearing a diadem centred with a kirtimurka and seated Vairocana, the hair arranged in an elaborate high chignon, adorned in layered chains of jewellery and wearing a celestial scarf draped across the shoulders with billowing ends, the exposed skin of the goddess gilt, the base unsealed