10th Mar, 2023 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI, QING DYNASTY
清代銅鎏金勝樂金剛與明妃像
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
China, 18th to 19th century. Both figures are modeled in yabyum over prostrated figures atop a separately cast lotus base with beaded rims. The sixteen-headed Chakrasamvara with twenty-four arms radiating around him and hands held in shuni mudra, his principal arms holding a vajra and ghanta crossed around his consort’s back and further hands holding other attributes including kartika, khatvanga, and kapala. Wearing long sashes, tiger skin and a garland of heads, supporting Vajravarahi with his thigh, the consort holding a chopper and skull cup and wearing a beaded festooned belt.
Provenance: From a private collection in Southampton, United Kingdom.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities, few small nicks and dents, minor old repairs with associated soldering marks, the pegs below the feet are later replacements, the base resealed. The gilt remarkably well preserved overall.
Weight: 1,598 g
Dimensions: Height 21.5 cm
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 262
Price: GBP 18,750 or approx. EUR 26,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Note the similar size (20.6 cm)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 202
Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 43,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt-bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Expert remark: Note the larger size (44.1 cm)
清代銅鎏金勝樂金剛與明妃像
中國，十八至十九世紀。勝樂金剛勝十六首，二十四臂，兩足，弓步。主尊頭戴五葉冠，上有太陽和新月符。主臂兩手分別持金剛杵和金剛鈴，擁抱明妃金剛亥母。其餘各手分別持不同的法器，如三叉戟、匕首、卡巴拉碗等。脖子上掛人首做成的項鍊，雙足奮力踩踏兩個魔鬼，威力無比。金剛亥母雙腿盤在勝樂金剛腰間，手持鋮刀和卡巴拉碗，穿著花飾腰帶，佩戴著珠飾。
來源：英國南漢普頓私人收藏。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損和鑄造不規則，輕微小缺口和凹痕，有小修補，腳下的釘子更換過，底座重新密封。鍍金整體保存完好。
重量：1,598 克
尺寸：高 21.5 厘米
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦佳士得，2018年11月6日，lot 262
價格：GBP 18,750（相當於今日EUR 26,000）
描述：清鎏金銅勝樂金剛立像
專家評論：請注意相似的尺寸(20.6 厘米) 。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2017年4月4日，lot 202
價格：HKD 325,000（相當於今日EUR 43,000）
描述：清十九世紀 鎏金銅勝樂金剛像
專家評論：請注意尺寸較大(44.1 厘米)。
China, 18th to 19th century. Both figures are modeled in yabyum over prostrated figures atop a separately cast lotus base with beaded rims. The sixteen-headed Chakrasamvara with twenty-four arms radiating around him and hands held in shuni mudra, his principal arms holding a vajra and ghanta crossed around his consort’s back and further hands holding other attributes including kartika, khatvanga, and kapala. Wearing long sashes, tiger skin and a garland of heads, supporting Vajravarahi with his thigh, the consort holding a chopper and skull cup and wearing a beaded festooned belt.
Provenance: From a private collection in Southampton, United Kingdom.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities, few small nicks and dents, minor old repairs with associated soldering marks, the pegs below the feet are later replacements, the base resealed. The gilt remarkably well preserved overall.
Weight: 1,598 g
Dimensions: Height 21.5 cm
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 262
Price: GBP 18,750 or approx. EUR 26,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Note the similar size (20.6 cm)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 202
Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 43,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt-bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Expert remark: Note the larger size (44.1 cm)
清代銅鎏金勝樂金剛與明妃像
中國，十八至十九世紀。勝樂金剛勝十六首，二十四臂，兩足，弓步。主尊頭戴五葉冠，上有太陽和新月符。主臂兩手分別持金剛杵和金剛鈴，擁抱明妃金剛亥母。其餘各手分別持不同的法器，如三叉戟、匕首、卡巴拉碗等。脖子上掛人首做成的項鍊，雙足奮力踩踏兩個魔鬼，威力無比。金剛亥母雙腿盤在勝樂金剛腰間，手持鋮刀和卡巴拉碗，穿著花飾腰帶，佩戴著珠飾。
來源：英國南漢普頓私人收藏。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損和鑄造不規則，輕微小缺口和凹痕，有小修補，腳下的釘子更換過，底座重新密封。鍍金整體保存完好。
重量：1,598 克
尺寸：高 21.5 厘米
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦佳士得，2018年11月6日，lot 262
價格：GBP 18,750（相當於今日EUR 26,000）
描述：清鎏金銅勝樂金剛立像
專家評論：請注意相似的尺寸(20.6 厘米) 。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2017年4月4日，lot 202
價格：HKD 325,000（相當於今日EUR 43,000）
描述：清十九世紀 鎏金銅勝樂金剛像
專家評論：請注意尺寸較大(44.1 厘米)。
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