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Lot 85
A PARCEL GILT-COPPER EMBOSSED FIGURE OF EKADASHALOKESHVARA
Estimated Value:
6.000 € - 10.000 €
Result:
7.770 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th/ 19th c.H. 42,3 cm
Standing on a separate embossed lotus base, his principle hands in anjalimudra while the other six radiate around his body, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, its streamers encircling both arms and their finials curling up, his head consisting of eleven faces, all displaying a serene expression apart from one, painted facial details and their blue coloured hair secured with separate embossed tiara’s, the naked body parts cold-gilded, sealed.
C 79, pp. 198 and 199
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 79
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 79, pp. 198 and 199 - Minor wear, slightly chipped, attributes partly lost
