GROUP OF THREE BRONZE BUDDHIST FIGURES
£8,125
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
銅鑄佛教造像（一組三件）
comprising: the smallest a gilt bronze figure of Virupa, the mahasiddha's right hand extending parallel to his ear in tarjani mudra, left hand holding a kapala cup, he wears a yogic band across his right shoulder, sits in lalitasana on a flayed deer skin bedding on a lotus seat, the base sealed and engraved with a crossed vajra, 8.8cm high; a gilt bronze figure of Shakyamuni, with right hand in bhumisparsha, the Buddha seated on a double lotus throne, his serene face detailed in pigments and flanked by large pair of ears; the base sealed with a plaque engraved with a crossed vajra, 11.6cm high; and the largest arhat, cast seated on a two-tiered plinth decorated with eight auspicious emblems in front and covered with a cloth draping to both sides, right hand in anjali mudra, left holding a prayer book with top inscribed, Tibetan inscriptions further on the back of the plinth, the base sealed with a plate engraved with a crossed vajra, 22cm high
Dimensions
largest: 22cm high