Asian Art Auction

November 30, 2015

LOT 86

Lot 86

A Sino-Tibetan Massive Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama, 18th Century

A Sino-Tibetan Massive Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama, 18th Century
Lot 86 Details
A Sino-Tibetan Massive Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama, 18th Century

清18世紀 銅鎏金雙修閻魔天

Standing in pratyalidhasana on top of a bull, wearing a flayed elephant skin on his back, holding in his twelve arms tantric symbols including gada, danda, damaru and kapa, his sakti holds a kapala and a karttrka, all upon a double lotus base, the hair and details with traces of gold paint, and the details inset with turquoise
height 13.8" — 35 cm.

Estimate $40,000-$60,000

Realised: $14,400
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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A Sino-Tibetan Massive Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama, 18th Century
  • A Sino-Tibetan Massive Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama, 18th Century
  • A Sino-Tibetan Massive Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama, 18th Century
Provenance:

From an Important Private American Collection
美國重要收藏

Note:

A very similar example was sold in Sotheby’s London,1982, and then sold in Woolley & Wallis, Nov 16, 2011, lot 402, also documented in Chinese Art Auction Record 2012

相同一例售於1982年倫敦蘇富比, 繼於英國Salisbury著名拍賣行威力士(Wooley & Wallis)售出, 11月16號2011, 拍品編號402. 此拍賣結果同時著錄於2012年華藝文化出版‘骨董’拍賣年鑑,頁5-21

CONDITION DETAILS

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