GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE EIGHTEEN-ARMED CUNDI, ZHUN TI
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£2,250
Auction: 7 November 2018 at 16:00 GMT
Description
the Goddess of the Seventy Million Buddhas finely cast seated in dhyanasana atop a lotus base with overlapping petals, the primary hands held in prana mudra, the other fourteen arms extending in a radiating fashion to hold various attributes (all lost), clad in flowing scarves and dhoti with chased floral hems, the serene face below a hat centred with an image of Amitabha, the hair pulled into two high chignons
Dimensions
27.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private English collection.