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Click here to subscribeJadeChina , Qing dynasty (1636-1912)Weight: 784 grams Jade + 192 grams wood base = total 976 gramsDimensions: Jade = Height 5 cm Wide 23 cm Depth 16,5 cmIncense burner on a wooden stand with a relief decorative band of plant patterns and two lotus-shaped handles at the edge. Its form imitates the bronze ritual vessel of the gui-type and is an example of the interest that existed in the archaic forms of sacred bronzes during the Qing dynasty.
Bronze Early Himalayan , 10th to 11th century Weight: 5898 grams Dimensions: 48 x 16 x 9 cm Bodhisattva standing on plain surface wearing a striped cloth from the hip. One hand is raised with thumb and middle finger touching, the left arm is hanging down on the side with the hand holding a small container. The Bodhisattva is very human-looking with plain but elegant jewellery, large ear pendants and a crown with a small Buddha Amithaba effigy in the front. The expression of the statue is serene. Seen from the back we discover a detailed hairstyle made of curls and strands.
BronzeIndia , 18th centuryWeight: 4163 gramsDimensions: 38 x 27 x 22 cmA massive bronze oil lamp with round foot with decorative bands. In the center is a round multi-leveled base with a cross-legged Gaja-Lakshmi, meaning Lakshmi with elephants. She is dressed in opulent jewellery and is wearing a large head crown. She is flanked by two standing elephants raising their trunks above Lakshmi's head. They are positioned in an open-work half-circle with ornamental decoration. on the sides we see more adorants and consorts playing instruments or holding objects. The top of the lamp is decorated with an arch with two mystical creatures on the end, in the center we see a seated Ganesha.
Bronze fire-giltChina , 18th century , Qing DynastyWeight: 2003 gramsDimensions: Height 19,5 cm Wide 11,5 cm Depth 11 cmSeated Amitayus in meditative posture on an open-work rectangular throne covered by a cloth with floral decoration. Framed by a fiery aureole which can be detached. Amitayus has a slim waist and the robe is covering his left shoulder, adorned with necklace, armlets, earrings and an opulent crown. A Chinese writing can be found at the bottom of the bronze. Long life vessel in the hand missing. The backside is flat.
Bronze giltTibet , 18th centuryWeight: 3491 gramsDimensions: 32 x 24 x 11 cmProvenance: County Auction New York , USAMahakala with three faces and eight arms standing in wide stance on a lotus flower base. The eight arms are holding various objects like a staff, a flower, a dagger and a script or forming mudras. We can see a snake coiling around the neck and a goat hide worn over the left shoulder, a thin scarf billowing from the shoulders. The face looking to the front has a menacing look with bulging eyes, bushy eyebrows, fangs in the mouth and a third eye. The other two faces also have a demonic look but with slender eyes, many small teeth and also a third eye. All faces wear skull crowns and their hair is streaming upwards like fire.
Bronze with Stones insetTibet , 18th centuryWeight: 436 gramsDimensions: 14 x 8 x 5 cmSeated Buddha Amithaba on double lotus throne with beaded rim at the top. Amithaba is seated in dhyanasana with legs crossed and hands folded into each other in his lap. The robe's plaits are fanning out underneath the crossed ankles. The Buddha is adorned with beaded jewellery, large ear pendants and a rich tiara encircling the high chignon. A thin scarf is billowing around his shoulders. The face is gazing slightly down with a smile, as in calm meditation. In his hands he is holding a splendid vessel.
Bronze with cold gildings and copper inlaysTibet , 14th centuryDimensions: 21 x 14 x 11 cmWeight: 1721 gramsSeated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his right hand holding the vajra while the left is resting on his hip grasping the ghanta, wearing dhoti, scarf floating around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, elongated earlobes with pierced ear-ornaments, his blue coloured hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a five-leaf tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons.German private collection, purchased July 1987 from Hans Weihreiter, AugsburgMinor wear and small repairs, resealed
Bronze with Silver inlaysIndia , 12th century , Pala DynastyWeight: 98 gramsDimensions: 6 x 4 x 2,5 cmJambhala is the God of Wealth and can always be recognized by his big belly and the mongoose he is holding in his left arm on his knee. The mongoose spits jewels when he squeezes its neck. The right hand usually holds a citrus fruit symbolizing wealth. He is wearing jewellery like necklaces, earrings and armlets, a crown on his head. His face is very welcoming with a smile.
Bronze fire-giltTibet or China , 17 to 18th centuryWeight: 721 gramsDimensions: 14 x 7 x 4 cmStanding Bodhisattva attached to a plinth, fragments missing from ankles, arms and crown. The Boddhisattva's physiognomy is very female with a slender waist and wide hips, dressed in flowy garment tied around the hip with belts and chains. The body is adorned with various jewellery, large circular ear pendants with stone inlay decorate the elongated earlobes and an originally five-pointed tiara with the hair chignon in the center on the head. The nose is slightly damaged, the expression is benevolent with a tender smile. The back of the statue shows the thin hairlines and garment's details.
Bronze fire-giltChina or Tibet , 17th centuryWeight: 1020 gramsDimensions: 17 x 12 x 8 cmSeated Buddha on reverse lotus base with both his legs crossed and the soles of the feet facing to the sky. The robe is covering his left shoulder and lower body. With his hands he is forming the dharmachakra mudra, the teaching of the dharma. The face is oval with tiny features, a light smile and the eyes are closed. The eyebrows are shaped in high arches with a stone inlet dot in the center. Elongated earlobes frame the face, tiny black curls cover the head and ushnisha topped by a diamond.
Bronze India , 5th to 6th century , Gupta PeriodWeight: 150 gramsDimensions: 8,5 x 4,5 x 2,5 cmSmall figure of Vishnu standing holding two objects, a large garland hanging down over the knees. Remnants of a circular aureole are behind his head. The details of face and jewellery are lost due to rub-off.
Bronze with Gems inlayIndia , 18th centuryWeight: 991 gramsDimensions: 12 x 7 x 7 cmGanesha, the remover of obstacles and one of the most popular deities in Hinduism, shown seated on a lotus base attached to a square platform with decorated sides. The deity is sitting casually next to his vahana, the mouse or rat who is holding a sweet ball in its tiny hands. Ganesha has four arms, two at the back are raised and hold a noose and a goad. The front right hand is raised with the open palm facing us and a stone inlay, abhaya mudra. The other hand's palm is facing the sky, as if holding something. Possibly the ball of sweet balls has been lost from there. His trunk is curled to his right. On his belly we see the serpent which he used to tie his belly up after he ate too much sweets and it burst. His ears are small and elegant and he wears a crown.
Bronze cast in 3 partsChina, Qing dynasty (1636-1912)Weight: 304 gramsDimensions: Height 19 cm Wide 6 cm Depth 4 cmStanding Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) in a long robe with backlight behind the head. Her face is round and soft-looking. One arm is hanging down on the side while the other is lifted to her right cheek.
Bronze fire-giltTibet , 15th centuryDimensions: Height 14,5 cm by 11 cmWeight: 1137 gramsThe God of Wealth is here depicted as a corpulent man seated on a double reverse lotus throne with beaded rims, his right leg pendent and standing on an extra lotus flower stemming from the base, the other leg is drawn to his body. The body has the shape of a pear and is dressed in a long garment with floral incised pattern. The torso is decorated with armlets, bracelets, a large necklace and a flower garland. He is holding the gem-spewing mongoose in his left hand and a citrus fruit in the right with index and little finger stretched. The face is round with small features, downcast eyes, calm expression, a raised urna on the forehead. He wears large circular ear pendants and a five-pointed tiara. His chignon is topped by a lotus bud or diamond. Jambhala is found in five principal colors, black, yellow, white, green and red. He can appear as a king, peaceful, semi-peaceful or semi-wrathful and wrathful.
Bronze with Silver inlaid eyesTibet , 18th centuryWeight: 3959 gramsDimensions: 21 x 12 x 12 cmHead of Buddha attached to a rod. The face is oval and round and has a youthful look with smiling lips and a chubby chin. The nose is long and elegant, the eyes downcast with slender eyebrows and a portruding dot on the forehead. Elongated, fleshy earlobes frame the face. The wavy hair is done up in a high chignon with three jewels in the center.
Bronze with Silver inlaid eyesIndia , 16th to 17th century ,OrissaWeight: 2971 gramsDimensions: 26 x 18 x 10 cmStanding Sita on a round lotus podest. The depiction is very elegant and minimalistic, only dressed in a loincloth, her posture bent to her right from the waist. Her left arm is stretched down on the side, her thumb is touching the fingertips. The other hand is raised to the side with the same gesture. Her head is tilted to her left side, creating an s-curve. Her hair is tightly fastened into a bun at the back, she has big ears wearing creoles. Her eyes are wide open with red pupils, the lips are smiling widely and her gaze is piercing. There is a small inscription in front of the lotus base. Sita is a protagonist of the Ramayana and known as Mother Goddess or Goddess of Sacrifice and Purity.
Bronze fire-giltNepal , 17th centuryWeight: 3900 gramsDimensions: 38 x 14 x 9 cmProvenance: From the collection of Sally Hunter & Ian Posgate , U.K.Elegant statue of Krishna as youth standing on his mount Garuda who is spreading his wings, standing on a small lotus flower base. Krishna's right foot is casually crossed over his left, touching the earth with his toes. He is wearing a short dhoti with floral print and a thin scarf around the shoulders. He is holding a long slender flute to his lips, his face looks gentle with small features and a stone inlay as third eye. The elongated earlobes are adorned with small jewellery, the hair is done up in a simple bun.
Bronze with Silver inlaysTibet , 19th centuryWeight: 1162 gramsDimensions: 24 x 8 x 6 cmStanding Buddha on a double lotus base in a long striped garment covering the whole body. The Buddha is showing the abhaya and varada mudra with his hands. We see three necklines underneath the oval face, the fine lips and long elegant nose, thin eyebrows and open eyes with stone inlay. Elongated earlobes frame the face. Small dots as curls cover the head and cranial protuberance. Viewed from the back the garment shows no stripes.
Bronze rest-gilt with Silver inlaysTibet , 16th to 17th centuryWeight: 442 gramsDimensions: 11 x 9 x 5 cmThe destroyer of Death is standing wide-legged with one leg stretched and one bent leg on a water buffalo lying on a prostrate body on a lotus base. His face has the appearance of a bull with bulging eyes, two horns and a fiery mane enclosed by a skull crown. A third eye is on his forehead. Yamantaka is wielding a sword with skull top in his right hand above the head, the left hand is stretched out to the side with thumb touching the middle finger. His neck is decorated with a garland of severed heads and a snake is coiling around his shoulders. The bottom is sealed with a punctuated double vajra symbol.
Bronze cast in 3 partsSouth-India, 18th centuryWeight: 2042 gramsDimensions: Height 24 cm Wide 15 cm Depth 8,5 cmDurga on a square tapering platform with a gate in the back. Durga is the Hindu Goddess of War. Standing on a lion with her right leg and Mahishasura, the buffalo demon at her left foot is crouching beneath her. The Goddess is dressed in a dhoti with decorations and a long necklace around her neck. Her arms are fanning out to the sides holding weapons like a big sword or a battle hatchet.
Bronze fire-giltTibet , 18th centuryDimensions: 51 x 24 x 10 cmWeight: 4444 gramsStanding in samabhanga with his principle hands in anjalimudra while the other six holding the specific attributes, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, encircling the arms with its finials curling down, jewellery set with beads, his eleven-faced head topped with the head of Buddha, most displaying a serene facial expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows and curly hair, traces of cold-gilding. Wood stand.Former Tibet and Asia collection of the Swabian Kienzle brothers, assembled between 1965 and 1986Minor losses to inlays and attributes, very minor old repairs, minor wear
Bronze on embossed baseNepal , 18th centuryWeight: 662 gramsDimensions: Height 22 cm Wide 19 cm Depth 16 cmWhite Tara seated in lotus position on a large double lotus base. The lower body is dressed in a wavy garment with decorative brim. The legs and hips seem quite large in comparison to the Goddess's slim upper body. She is holding one hand raised with thumb touching the middle and ring finger while the other hand is resting above the knee, thumb touching index finger and holding a rosary. Flowers are growing besides her, she is wearing a decorative tiara with ornamental pattern. The inside seems hollow and shows small latches.
Bronze with Silver inlaysTibet , 19th centuryWeight: 5428 gramsDimensions: 31 x 26 x 14 cmStatue of a seated Buddha in lotus position, the right hand touching the earth, the left hand placed in the lap with the palm facing the sky, bhumispharsa mudra. Dressed in a simple robe covering only the left shoulder with a decorative brim, the bottom is fanning out from under his crossed ankles. The physiognomy is adolescent with smooth skin, necklines, a round face and elongated earlobes. The eyes are almost closed, the thin eyebrows build two high arches with a portruding flame as third eye. The lips are fleshy and smiling slightly. Large ear pendants hang down onto the shoulders and the head is covered in tiny curls topped by a diamond.
Bronze with cold-gilt face and TurquoiseWeight: 401 gramsDimensions: 9,5 x 7 x 5 cmSeated Buddha Amithaba on surface in dhyanasana posture with hands resting in his lap holding a small vessel containing the elixir of eternal life. Amithaba is usually depicted in the simple robes of a monk like here. His face is calm and eyes closed in deep meditation, elongated fleshy earlobes frame the face .
Bronze fire-giltTibet , 18th centuryWeight: 1949 gramsDimensions: 22 x 20 x 10 cmHevajra is an important yidam in Tantric or Vajrayana Buddhism. Here he is shown with his consort Nairatmya in yab-yum position standing on a large lotus petal with beaded rim and stone inlay. They are framed by a large aureole of skulls and flames and his head is framed by a smaller one of skulls and petals. Hevajra is standing wide-legged on two bodies holding ritual objects. He is said to wear a necklace of fifty dry skulls and a crown of five human skulls. With one pair of arms he is cradling his consort to this body while the other ten arms are fanning out each holding a different object like a severed head, a khatvanga, a noose, a kartika knife, a drum and a hatchet. He has four gruesome heads with three eyes and four fangs. His high chignon is decorated with a vajra, the sun and moon. He is embracing the consort while holding a lotus flower and she is holding on to his neck, her legs wrapped around the waist. She is dressed in a waist belt and jewellery with stone inlay and a skull tiara on her head. Looking at the backside, the aureoles are flat but the bodies show the same rich details as from the front.
Bronze with Silver eyesTibet , 18th century , Pala RevivalWeight: 10260 gramsDimensions: 38 x 16 x 10 cmStanding Buddha attached to a plinth by a metal rod. The Buddha is covered in wavy robes, his feet are bare. His right hand is showing to the front with the palm, abhaya mudra the gesture of fearlessness. The other hand is held at hip-height facing the sky with middle and ring finger drawn into the palm. The face is round and the head comparably big with elongated earlobes. His eyes are almost closed and the lips have a fleshy colour. The backside is without great detail except for the curled head and the cranial protuberance.
Bronze with traces of goldChina , 17th centuryDimensions: 16 x 10 x 5 cmWeight: 583 grams Seated Daoist dignitary in long and wide robes with wide sleeves. His hands are holding a tablet hu ( broken) in front of the chest. Tablet hus were held by officials during state assemblies to record the emperor's commands. The dignitary is wearing a headpiece and from the back we can see that the robe is fastened around the waist with a belt. Provenance: Old French Collection
Bronze with silver inlayTibet , 15th centuryDimensions: Height 14 cm by 10 cmWeight: 496 gramsBuddha seated with legs crossed on a double reverse lotus throne with beaded rim. Dressed in a flowy robe covering the right shoulder, no jewellery at all. He is touching the earth with his right hand, bhumispharsa mudra and holding a small vessel in his other hand. The Buddha used this gesture when he attained enlightenment under the bodhi tree. His earlobes are elongated and bear stretched-out ear holes, the face is smiling with downcast eyes, a raised urna between the eyebrows. Tiny balls cover the head and ushnisha which is topped by a lotus bud finial.
Bronze rest-giltNepal , 18th centuryWeight: 4729 gramsDimensions: 32 x 10 x 9 cmProvenance: The estates of sculptor Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh , Clarksville / Cottontown , Tennessee , USAStatue of a standing man on a rectangular surface with his hands joined in front of his chest in an honouring gesture. Dressed in a wide robe fastened around the waist with a belt also carrying a knife. The man is gazing straight ahead with a wishful smile and open eyes, a portruding dot on the forehead. A round hat covers the short hair.
Bronze fire-giltNepal , 14th century Kasa Malla DynastyDimensions: 6 x 5 x 3,5 cmWeight: 134 gramsSeated Buddha on double reverse lotus throne gesturing the bhumispharsa mudra, calling the earth to witness. Dressed in a robe covering the left shoulder. The Buddha's eyes are closed in deep meditative state, the urna raises between the eyebrows. Elongated earlobes frame the broad face.
Bronze fire-giltTibet or China , 17th to 18th centuryWeight: 749 gramsDimensions: 12 x 11 x 5 cmProvenance: Private Collection U.K. , acquired from Dreweatts Auction houseMahakala in wide stance trampling on a small person and a horse, altogether on a lotus with beaded rim. Mahakala is dressed in rich armor and adorned with jewellery, a skull crown which can't tame the wild mane streaming upwards like fire. With his left hand he forms a mudra by thumb touching middle and ring finger, the other hand is raised in the air holding a dagger. He has bulging eyes with bushy eyebrows, a broad nose and the open mouth reveals his fangs. The back of the statue shows the same detail. He may look like a demon but the third eye on his forehead tells us that he is only a fierce emanation and protector of the dharma teachings.
Bronze firegiltMongolia, 18th century ZanabazarDimensions: Height 17 cm by 12 cmWeight: 793 gramsThis armoured god of protection, whose name Begtsemeans "concealed coat of mail" is brandishing a swordwith his right hand while his left holds a bow andarrow and a lance with a triangular pennant.The backside of the sword might have been in scorpionshape. Begtse’s facebears an extremely wrathful expression, includingfeatures that compare well to eighteenthcenturycentralTibetan paintings of this deity. However, thefacial features, stylized hair, and strongrelationship to the region, all suggest that thissculpture is Mongolian in origin.compare: "The Mongols" page 94 and 95
6/8, signed with monogram, and stamped with the Susse Foundry Paris stamp, patinated bronze24cm high (9.5in high)Footnote: The subject of Girl is Reg Butler's student Rosemary Young, a sculptor who became his muse, companion, colleague and second wife. In this early example of his female studies in bronze, Young is depicted holding a modelling knife.
signed, patinated bronzethe bronze 44cm high x 38cm wide (17.24in x 15in)Footnote: Grizel Niven was a pupil of Henry Moore in the 1930s and began direct carving under his influence. Later in her career she won acclaim for her sculpture for the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial, and after hearing Kate Mosse talking on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about setting up a Women’s Prize for Fiction, she telephoned and offered a cast of a sculpture of her as a prize. Her younger brother was the actor David Niven.
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