A SITASAMVARA BRONZE 18TH CENTURY

Seen from a purely technical standpoint, this is a typical Qianlong bronze of immaculate casting with meticulously incised details and a magnificent fire-gilding. The subject, however, is very rare.

Provenance: Christies London, November 8th, 2016, lot 113. Austrian private collection. The Christies auction catalogue is accompanying this lot.
Condition: Superb condition with hardly any wear. Original cold painting. The original base with old resin sealing. Remainder of old resin to where the two figures are connected.

Weight: 524.2 grams.
Dimensions: Height 10.8 cm.

The pair is depicted in yabyum. He is seated in dhyanasana upon a double lotus pedestal base with his hands supporting his separately cast consort, wearing a thin dhoti with floral borders and an elaborate jeweled necklace, celestial bands, disc earrings, his face with wrathful expression, the forehead with a third eye, framed by a high five-pointed crown. Both his hands hold vases with the nectar of immortality, while his consort holds two kapala filled with blood.

As he supports his consort with his resolute, arched posture, he is also shown rooted in the meditation posture, his toes relaxed and curling upwards while pressing against the inside of his broad thighs. Her incised girdle deftly conceals her rear, clasped around her waist.
Throughout, and despite their wrathful expressions, there is also some kind of stillness and serenity in their embrace. Their faces reflect the highest level of harmony and reunion as they are looking deeply into each other's eyes.

十八世紀銅鎏金白勝樂金剛
從純粹技術角度看，這是一座典型的乾隆時期完美的、細節精心打造的銅鎏金造像。非常罕見的主題。

來源：2016年11月8日，拍號 113；奧地利私人收藏，隨附佳士得目錄。
品相：極好，几乎沒有磨損。原始冷繪彩。原始底座經樹脂封印。神像之間有老樹脂相連固定。

重量：524.2 克
尺寸：高 10.8 厘米