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尺寸：高50.3cm
年代：19世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：尼泊尔
来源：拍卖会
成交：未成交(2019.03); 15,600美元(2007.03)
参阅：纽约苏富比 纽约佳士得
鉴赏：
A COPPER ALLOY GROUP WITH VAJRASATTVA Nepal, Circa 1900
Vajrasattva seated in vajraparyankasana holding the vajra and ghanta, with Vasudhara to his left and Padmapani holding the stem of a lotus to his right, Rato Macchenranath seated before him on the stepped lion throne, and all framed by a foliate torana with chatra finial

Height 19 3/4 in. (50.3 cm.)

品相报告:
In very good overall condition. Each figure cast in separate parts and adhered to the base including the large aureole which may be removed and the finial parasol above. Wear and loss to the gilding overall with areas of verdigris particularly noticeable along the outer edges of the dais. The main figure missing part of the bell in his left hand. Minor dent in the surface in the center of the lower base.

背面有铭文记载了该造像制作日期为1853年

A gilt bronze group with Vajrasattva
Nepal, dated to 973 (1853 AD)
With Vajrasattva seated at center on a lotus throne backed by a mandorla, holding the vajra in front of his chest, to the right Vasudhara seated in lalitasana holding various attributes in her six arms with a sun above her, another deity seated at left holding a flower stem with a crescent moon above his head, a fourth deity seated in front of the main one, holding a lotus in each hand, all on a stepped base supported by lions and backed by a flowering torana topped with a chattri finial, a dedicatory inscription on the reverse
19¾ in. (50.3 cm.) high

Lot Essay
The inscription on the reverse commemorates the death of the father of the donors of this image, who passed away “on the first of the dark half of the month of bhadra in the year 972” (AD 1852), and gives the date of the commission as the year 973 (AD 1853).