A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI

Lot 2890
30.05.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 3 800 000
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Lot 2890 | A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI
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HKD 3 800 000 – 5 500 000
A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHIKANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)Each deity is modelled in yabyum over prostrated figures upon a lotus base, the multi-headed Chakrasamvara is painted with a dark blue body and faces in red, gold, white and blue, gazing down at his consort in red; his multiple arms radiating around him in different mudras, a garland of skulls hung at his waist, and an elephant skin drapped at his back.23 5⁄8 in. (60 cm.) high Literature Jacques Van Goidsenhoven, Art Lamaïque : Art des Dieux, Brussels, 1970, p. 122-123 Exhibited Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Schätze für den Kaiser – Meisterwerke chinesischer Kunst (1368–1911) , Hildesheim, 21 November 2015-4 December 2016, Catalogue pl. 4
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