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Lot 6

STATUETTE DE SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA EN LAITON AVEC INCRUSTATION D'ARGENTTIBET CENTRAL, PROVINCE DE TSANG, XVE SIÈCLEA Tibetan inscription around the foot of the base.Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4885 27 cm (10 5/8 in.) highFootnotes:A SILVER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARACENTRAL TIBET, TSANG PROVINCE, 15TH CENTURY西藏 十五世紀 銅錯銀四臂觀音像 Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s Shadakshari Lokeshvara personifies an essential Buddhist mantra, om mani padme hum ('Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus'), whose six syllables represent the seeds of the six realms in the great cosmic wheel. This ubiquitous Sanskrit mantra is thought to contain the essence of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara as the Lord of Compassion. Here, the tightly drawn scarf ends terminating at the edge of the base naturally pull the viewer's attention towards Avalokiteshvara's benevolent gaze as he presses his foremost hands together in the gesture of salutation (anjali mudra). This sizable figure epitomizes the brassy, non-gilded style that was popular in the province of Tsang in Central Tibet. Shadakshari Lokeshvara's broad forehead, softened features, elegant eyes with silver-inlay and dipped upper lids, and dimpled mouth are quintessential to the Tsang style. The sculpture's densely packed lotus petals around the base, the flowing scarf draped over the shoulders, and the rippling of the lower garment around the shins indicate a 15th-century attribution for the piece as they take some inspiration from imperial bronzes from the Yongle period (1403-24), which were sent as gifts to prominent Tsang monasteries. Tsang sculptures of similar quality are preserved in the Jokhang, Lhasa (see von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. II, 2001, p. 1193, no. 323B; HAR 57377); the Museum der Kulturen, Basel (see von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 479, no. 133F; HAR 3314761); and a Vajradhara image from the Claude de Marteau Collection, Part 1, sold at Bonhams, Paris, 14 June 2022, lot 38 (HAR 4840). The lengthy dedicatory inscription around the foot of the base makes an obscure reference to the sculpture's patron, 'Srang Gyur', who is yet to be identified. Bonhams would like to thank Jeff Watt and Karma Gelek for their assistance with its transcription and translation: རྒྱལ་བ་ཀུན་གྱི་ཡབ་གཅིག་སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། མཐོང་ཐོས་དྲན་རེག་འབྲེལ་ཚད་དོན་ལྡན་འདི། སྡང་མིག་རྒྱུད་པ་ཡོན་བདག་སྲང་སྐྱུར་གྱིས། ཕ་མས་སེམས་ཅན་འགྲོ་དྲུག་དོན་དུ་བཞེངས། ཐམས་ཅད་བདེ་བ་ཅན་དུ་སྐྱེ་བར་ཤོག། 'Sole father of all conquerors,By seeing, hearing, recollecting, and touching, benefitting all,The Dangmig lineage, patron Srang Gyur,Made this for the benefit of mother, father & all beings.May all be reborn in Sukhavati!'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 9

STATUETTE D'HEVAJRA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE AVEC INCRUSTATION D'ARGENTTIBET, PROVINCE DE TSANG, XVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 4871 25.4 cm (10 in.) highFootnotes:A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF HEVAJRATIBET, TSANG PROVINCE, 15TH CENTURY西藏 十五世紀 銅錯銀喜金剛像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sThis sculpture of Hevajra trampling a quatrain of piled corpses while raising his two left legs in a passionate dance represents his form in the 'Oral Instruction' Lineage. Also known as the Lamdre (or Margapala) Instruction Lineage, this tradition is said to have been first revealed to Mahasiddha Virupa in a vision from Nairatmya, the consort of Hevajra. The Lamdre, or the 'Path with the Result', is a system of philosophical and meditation techniques based primarily on the Hevajra cycle of Tantras, which were orally passed down from teacher to student and eventually became incorporated into the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism as their most important practice. Expertly cast with intricate details, squarish features, and animated eyes inlaid with silver, this superb figure distinguishes itself as one of the most remarkable pieces to have been made in the non-gilding ateliers of Tsang. Luxurious engravings located at the back of the base, which were likely made to fit the tangs of a separately-cast prabhamandala, allude to the Chinese embroidered silks that were sent to monasteries in Tsang as gifts, reaffirming the political trade alliances that were being forged among the leaders of the Sakya and the imperial courts of the Yuan and early Ming dynasties. A Tsang portrait of the Sakya Ngor lama Sanggye Pel, which was sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2017, lot 3273, shares similarly rendered floral decorations at the lower portions of his patchwork robe. The round, beaded rim of Hevajra's lotus base, in addition to Nairatmya's cross-hatched apron, by contrast, pay homage to the gilding workshops that were concurrently flourishing in Central Tibet, including a gilt bronze Hevajra following in the artistic traditions of Sonam Gyaltsen (c. 1430), sold at Bonhams, Hong Kong, 7 October 2019, lot 931. Also attesting to the rarity of Hevajra images from Tsang are two other images that are cast together with their bases, one sold at Christie's, London, 19 June 1973, lot 153, and another published in, The Light of the Buddha: Buddhist Sculptures of the Palace Museum and Zhiguan Museum of Fine Art, 2019, pp. 374-5, no. 101; HAR 8237.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 81

Silver gilt and enamelled medal of The Ancient Order of Foresters, cased together with a certificate for the Order in the name of Richard Long

Lot 107

Mixed Lot: Three propelling pencils, white metal locket, penknives, white metal silver salts and other items

Lot 121

Pair of silver plated candelabra

Lot 22

A canteen of silver plated cutlery

Lot 5

Doulton stone ware jug with silver rim (a/f)

Lot 140

Cased Ivorine mother of pearl and silver plated mounted dressing table set together with a large Cat Pottery vase

Lot 912

A collection of Masons 'Brown Velvet' patterned dinnerware, Art Deco style teaware, silver plated items etc.

Lot 606

A collection of Royal Doulton dinnerware, various advertising tins, souvenir spoons, silver plated cutlery, miniature books etc.

Lot 715

A silver bracelet set with white stones, a silver buckle bangle, a white metal Arts & Crafts type bangle, two 925 dress rings, a pair of earrings, a pendent, Pandora style bracelet etc.

Lot 603

A collection of decorative china to include various patterned dinnerware, cranberry glassware, commemorative glass comport, porcelain figure AF, a Royal Doulton 'Harvestware' sugar bowl with silver rim AF etc.

Lot 844

A Samuel Windsor satchel; a walking stick with silver collar and a collection of "Encyclopedia of Bird" magazines

Lot 713

Two white metal condiment spoons, a silver preserve spade, two silver spoons and a box containing silver plated cutlery and dishes

Lot 669

A box containing silver plated tray; a pine stool; figures and a fire fender

Lot 175

Two Sterling silver and smoky topaz set dress rings, sizes T/U and P/Q

Lot 90

A cased set of six silver plated and numbered napkin rings; five various numbered napkin rings; and a set of six silver plated napkin rings

Lot 165

A silver and agate set bracelet

Lot 176

Two silver and marcasite set brooches

Lot 70

A silver plated entreé dish and a plated coffee pot

Lot 178

A Sterling silver Anais Paris pendant on chain in original box

Lot 114

A quantity of Sterling silver perfume bottles AF; a white metal dressing table hand mirror; and an 800 mark Continental silver nail buffer

Lot 179

A Sterling silver hand planished studio ring, size K/L

Lot 577

A silver plated biscuit barrel

Lot 169

A boxed silver and amethyst heart shaped ring

Lot 196

A 1959 Birmingham Sterling silver hinged bangle

Lot 199

A Charles Horner silver bangle

Lot 180

A Hallmarked Sterling silver and fossilised black coral ring, size M/N

Lot 197

Three Sterling silver bangles

Lot 206

A Sterling silver and moonstone flower brooch

Lot 163

A Sterling silver ring set with citrine, size M/N

Lot 177

A Sterling silver and gem set pendant; a silver ID bracelet; ear-rings etc.

Lot 395

A silver plated galleried tray; fish knives and forks; a cut glass vase and a punch bowl etc.

Lot 160

A Hallmarked silver and garnet set ring

Lot 528

A quantity of various silver plated ware

Lot 195

A Sterling silver H&S snap bangle

Lot 519

An oyster dish; various silver plated ware; Copeland Spode tureen and cover; soup dispensers etc

Lot 406

An Art Deco wall clock; various silver platedware; cameras; binoculars; Anniversary clock; a stick stand decorated with lion mask handles; Copeland "Italian" plates

Lot 523

A silver plated and glass hors d'oeuvre dish; a cased set of Walker & Hall butter knives and other plated ware

Lot 73

A large silver plated sauce boat with flying C scroll handle; a wishbone toast rack; and a pair of china handled fish servers

Lot 181

A large Sterling silver statement ring by Blade of Italy, size R/S

Lot 183

A Sterling silver marcasite and amethyst set butterfly brooch

Lot 217

A Sterling silver ash tray marked P. Lopez, approx.. 125gms

Lot 161

A silver black spinel and white stone set ring

Lot 173

A Sterling silver peridot set pendant and chain

Lot 215

A silver and turquoise elephant pendant on chain and another

Lot 166

A pair of silver sugar nips, total weight approx. 36gms

Lot 191

A silver handled pickle fork; a silver handled button hook and various spoons

Lot 205

A pair of cabochon silver ear-rings

Lot 233

A silver money clip; a white metal inlaid brooch; a locket and Sterling silver tooth pick

Lot 184

Five silver condiment spoons

Lot 578

A glass biscuit barrel with silver plated lid

Lot 182

A Sterling silver gem set dragonfly brooch

Lot 200

A silver and silver gilt articulated bangle

Lot 87

A box containing an assortment of charm bracelets and necklaces including small quantity of silver charms.

Lot 499

A Georgian silver salt dated 1769 with makers mark M.I with replacement blue glass dish.41.2g without glass

Lot 443

Birmingham 1953 silver bracelet 61.5g, 36cm

Lot 468

Three silver gem set pendants, on silver chains. Total weight: 13.4g.

Lot 458

A collection of silver niello jewellery, comprising of pendant on chains and screw back drop earrings. Total weight: 27.1g

Lot 461

Two silver spoons, both featuring thistle finials. Assayed for Birmingham, 1920 and 1922. Total weight: 16.3g

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