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Lot 1260
Sale 986 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 29, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$10,000 -
15,000
Price Realized
$43,750
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Lot Description
A Rare Tibetan Polychrome Wood Figure of Chitipati
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
清中期 木雕彩繪尸陀林 連木座
finely worked to show the two skeletal protectors shown in ardhaparyankasana with arms embraced and knees intertwined, creating a mirror image of eachother while balanced on conch and cowrie shells, all while holding ritual implements aloft. Each having a third eye, and wide toothy smile, shown wearing a crown of five skulls and draped in a weightless billowing sash. The whole raised above a lotus lappet pedestal and later hardwood stand.
finely worked to show the two skeletal protectors shown in ardhaparyankasana with arms embraced and knees intertwined, creating a mirror image of eachother while balanced on conch and cowrie shells, all while holding ritual implements aloft. Each having a third eye, and wide toothy smile, shown wearing a crown of five skulls and draped in a weightless billowing sash. The whole raised above a lotus lappet pedestal and later hardwood stand.
Height 14 1/4 in., 36.2 cm.
Property from the Collection of Bruce H. and Eleanor A. Knowles, Williamsburg, Virginia