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Islamic, Indian, Himalayan & South East Asian Works of Art Thursday 07 November 2013 12:00 25 Blythe Road 25 Blythe Road London W14 0PD 25 Blythe Road (Islamic, Indian, Himalayan & South East Asian Works of Art) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 1 Lot: 3 A BRONZE FIGURE OF A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA Tibet, SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA Tibet, 16th/17th century The eight 15th century Seated in armed Buddhist deity with padmasana on a double lotus primary hands in namaskara throne, his hands in bhumisparsa mudra, the other hands holding and dhyana mudra, his head with rosary, wheel, lotus, water-pot, urna and usnisa, his ears with bow and arrow and in varada elongated lobes, sealed 8.2cm mudra respectively 29cm high high Provenance: Spink and Son, Provenance: Private Collection, London Gilding worn in places, West Coast, USA, acquired one or two minor knocks and before 1990. dents There are several unusual Estimate: £4,000.00 - £6,000.00 features to this image. Its proportions are very elongated, particularly the legs, something Lot: 4 which would have been even A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF more marked when the eight PRAJNAPARAMITA Tibet, 15th missing heads were in position century Seated in padmasana on above the three which now a double lotus throne, her remain. Also the prabha and primary hands in dhyana mudra, base are incised repousse while her other pair raised holding vajra the figure itself is cast. The and a book, sealed with Tibetan obvious explanation for the latter inscription on the plate 9.2cm is that the figure had lost its high Provenance: Spink and Son, original base, and these London. Prajnaparamita as repousse sections were personification of transcendental replacements. Although they intuition and wisdom, is probably appear to be of similar age, they the most popular of the Buddhist show signs of being fixed on female deities. Her wisdom is subsequently, particular visible in represented by the book she the fixing of the prabha. Various holds in her left hand. Gilding losses, including upper heads, worn in places, various knocks, section of prabha and bow, inlay missing billowing robes are possible later Estimate: £6,000.00 - £8,000.00 restorations. Estimate: £800.00 - £1,000.00 Lot: 5 A GILT IRON INKPOT Derge, Lot: 2 Eastern Tibet, 17th/18th century FOUR WOODCUT-PRINTED Of conical form, the profusely THANGKAS Tibet, 18th/19th decorated sides with openwork century Black ink on thin paper, dragon amidst scrolling foliage, three depicting Buddha, the other the stopper in the form of a a Dharmapala in yab-yum with flower-head 7.5cm high Gilding his sakti (4) 800 x 650mm approx worn, minor rusting each Provenance: Inscription on Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 accompanying wrapper carries the name J.C. French, probably acquired in Tibet, 1920-30; Sotheby's, London, 28th June Lot: 6 THREE TSATSA PLAQUES 1955, part of lot 237. Creased Tibet, circa 18th century Moulded and damaged around edges, two terracotta, one depicting three, have been laid on tissue two a single bodhisattva figure 6 Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 x 4.5 x 0.8cm (3) Each with some wear and chips Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 1 of 43 25 Blythe Road (Islamic, Indian, Himalayan & South East Asian Works of Art) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 7 A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 TWO GIRLS Nepal, 17th/18th century Possibly a toy, each wearing large double earrings Lot: 12 and pleated skirts, holding hands "A BRASS FIGURE OF with each other, their other hands SADAKSARI Tibet, 13th/14th in abhaya mudra (one now century, Seated on a double lotus missing) 16cm high Provenance: throne in dhyanasana, his Spink and Son, London Worn, primary hands in namaskara chips, cracks and losses mudra, his upper hands in vitarka Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00 mudra, wearing a tall three leaf crown, his eyes with traces of copper and silver inlay 20.5cm Lot: 8 Provenance: Private collection, A BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA USA, acquired before 1990. This Tibet, 16th century Seated in figure is a provincial version of a padmasana on a double lotus slightly larger and more refined throne, his right hand in vitarka image of Vairocana in the mudra, his left holding a triratna, Victoria and Albert Museum, wearing brocaded robes, his London. See Rhie and Thurman: head shaven, his eyes with 'Wisdom and Compassion' New copper and silver (?) inlay, York 1991, no.140 damage to sealed 12cm high Surface base and crown, some inlay duellist, slight knocks and dents missing or replaced, surface Estimate: £800.00 - £1,200.00 quite worn and bent 2000 Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 Lot: 9 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF Lot: 13 BUDDHA Tibet, 15th/16th A THANG-KA DEPICTING century seated on a double PRAJNAPARAMITA Tibet, 18th lotus throne, his hands in century Pigment and gold on bhumisparsa and dhyana mudra, cloth, Chinese brocade mount, with tightly curled hair and the six-armed goddess seated on elongated earlobes, sealed a lotus with offerings in front, 10.5cm high Face and much of surrounded by figures of Buddha, gilding worn dharmapalas and devotees in a Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00 hilly landscape 605 x 415mm (main painting) Provenance: Private Collection, London Water staining and flaking especially Lot: 10 around top, one or two small A CARVED IVORY PLAQUE holes and some creasing. DEPICTING DURGA Nepal, circa Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 17th century The multi-armed goddess depicted slaying the buffalo demon, Mahisa, on a lotus base, a flaming aureole Lot: 14 behind 8 x 7 x 1cm Ochre A GILT BRONZE PRABHA AND patina, some chips and losses, STAND Tibet,15th-17th century worn in places Gilt bronze, the base in the form Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 of an elaborate rectangular lion throne with a cloth draped in the middle, the interior with double vajra plate, containing scrolls and Lot: 11 loose grains, the repousse A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A prabha in the form of a lobed LAMA Tibet, 16th century seated arch with central halo roundel, in sattvasana on a double lotus decorated with vigorous pierced throne, with toes protruding from scrolling designs, projecting iron his robes, his hands in elements to fit to base, 46cm dharmacakra mudra, and sword high approx (together) and book supported by a lotus at Provenance: Private Collection, either shoulder, his hair closely London, acquired in the early cropped, sealed underneath 1980s. This base with prabha 11cm high "Gilding somewhat and contents were acquired by worn, various knocks 2000 3000 the vendor thirty years ago as a 2 of 43 25 Blythe Road (Islamic, Indian, Himalayan & South East Asian Works of Art) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com complete ensemble with a bronze Lot: 17 figure of Buddha. Originally it had A THANGKA DEPICTING A been thought that the Buddha MAHASIDDHA Tibet, 17th/18th was much earlier, and therefore century Pigment with gold on did not belong, because a cloth, the elderly bearded figure strikingly similar figure in the seated in padmasana on a Heeramaneck Collection at the cushioned throne with a kalasa in Los Angeles County Museum of his hands, surrounded by fifteen Art, (M.75.4.21), was then dated tiers of diminutive Buddhas 71.5 to the 13th century. Because of x 57cm Rubbed and stained in this, the figure was separated places from its base and subsequently Estimate: £800.00 - £1,200.00 sold at Christies Amsterdam in 1997 (19 November, lot 72). Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Buddha had been reassessed, Lot: 18 and is currently dated 17th A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF century, so it seems clear that PADMAPANI Tibet, 13th/14th this base had belonged to its century Standing on a lotus base, accompanying Buddha figure all holding a padma in his left hand, along. This Buddha had been wearing an elaborate crown and sold to a client in the Far East large hoop earrings 30.3cm high who unfortunately cannot now be Losses to base, right hand and traced. Base plate detached and front of crown, various chips part of the contents kept especially around edges, back separately, various dents and panel cracked, some wormholes minor scratches Estimate: £600.00 - £800.00 Estimate: £3,000.00 - £5,000.00 Lot: 19 Lot: 15 A THANG-KA DEPICTING A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRASATTVA Tibet, 18th AMITABHA BUDDHA Tibet, 19th century Pigment with gold on century Seated on a lotus throne cloth, the Buddhist deity seated decorated with peacocks, his on a lotus throne within a halo, symbol, his hands in dhyana holding a vajra and ghanta in his mudra holding a bowl,flanked by hands, wearing voluminous Padmapani and Vajrapani, robes, large earrings and surrounded by numerous monks elaborate crown 25 x 20.5cm and further forms of Buddha in a Slight discolouration, staining and hilly landscape, Chinese silk flaking surround lined with printed cotton Estimate: £500.00 - £700.00 71.5 by 43cm excluding silk surround Creasing and flaking Estimate: £700.00 - £900.00 Lot: 20 A PAIR OF WOOD BOOKCOVERS Tibet, circa 14th Lot: 16 century Of rectangular form, each A THANGKA DEPICTING with scrolling pattern carved in VAJRAPANI Tibet, 18th century relief, traces of original painted Pigment on cloth, the three eyed decoration, with beaded border blue bodhisattva with billowing on the exterior, one with central robes, dancing on corpses in a figure of a goose, and remains of circle of fire, a vajra in each painted circle and dot design on hand, a mass of lamas above, the inner surface, each with one figures of other deities, including end carved with further scrolling Mahakala and Kubera below, a 35 x 13.3 x 1.5cm Paintwork hilly landscape