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Style: Tibetan
18th C. Tibetan Gilt Bronze Green Tara Buddha Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
A Gilt Bronze Tibetan Representation Of A rare Green Tara Buddha Statue. Sounds like there is an item sealed inside.
Gilt Bronze and Copper.
Early 1...
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1790s Tibetan Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tibetan Gau Traveling Shrine with Silk Case, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tibetan traveling shrines, known as Gau, were believed to offer protective powers and were used to hold and carry sacred objects during long journeys. Crafted over a century ago, a B...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Tibetan Gau Traveling Shrine with Silk Case, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tibetan traveling shrines, known as Gau, were believed to offer protective powers and were used to hold and carry sacred objects during long journeys. Crafted over a century ago, a B...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Brass
Large Tibetan Vajrabhairava Gilt Bronze Statue
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Gilt Bronze Statue in Yab-Yum, a representation of the primordial union of wisdom and compassion. Yab-Yum represents the union of male and female principles with Vajrabh...
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19th Century Nepalese Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Tibetan Yab-Yum Statue
Located in Ferndale, MI
Yab-yum statue symbolizing a union of wisdom and compassion, masculine and feminine, active and passive, compassion and insight necessary for enlightenment. Has significant weight to...
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20th Century Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Vintage Nepalese Gilt Bronze Vajrasattva Buddha, Mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive vintage gilt bronze figure of the tantric Buddha Vajrasattva, the Diamond Thunderbolt, mid 20th century, Nepal.
Crafted of cast and richly gilt bronze, Vajrasattva sits in vajrasana, or full lotus position, his torso slightly bent at the waist. He holds an upright vajra scepter in one hand, raised at heart level. His other hand, resting on his hip, would originally have held a a ghanta, or bell, which is now missing.
He is festooned in jewelry, including a five pointed crown, earrings, necklaces and armlets, all studded with coral and turquoise beads. His long hair falling in elegant tresses around his shoulders, the rest tied up in a high chignon topped by a vajra.
Vajrasattva wears a dhoti covering his lower half. The dhoti intricately cast and carved with a scrolling vegetal design, and featuring images from the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Emblems, including the conch, endless knot, and double fish. Scarves billow out around his arms.
The tantric Buddha sits upon a tall double lotus throne, the back with more intricately cast decorations of dragons and lotus blossoms against dense vegetal scrolls. The base sealed with a dented copper plate inscribed with a visvajra, or double vajra...
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Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Silvered Bronze Tibetan Tsongkhapa Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A fine silver bronze statue of the Tibetan teacher Tsongkhapa. Je Tshongkhapa is the teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose activities formed the Gelug sch...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Hayagriva with Consort Vajravarahi, circa 1800, Tibet
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic and powerful Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva and his consort Vajravarahi, created in Tibet for the Chinese market, 18th/19th century, Tibet.
The wrathful...
Category
Early 1800s Tibetan Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Over Life-Size Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arm of a Bodhisattva, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive larger than life-size cast and gilt bronze left hand and arm of a bodhisattva, late 19th century or earlier, Tibet.
The over-sized arm and hand of graceful proportions. The arm tapering down to a slender wrist embellished with a simple bracelet hiding the join between the hand and arm. The hand and arm richly gilt. The join to the elbow visible and exposed.
The hand heavily cast, with nice detail to the fingernails and cuticles. The palm with simple incised lines. The hand, with the pointer and pinky fingers raised, and the middle and ring finger folded down touching the thumb, performs the gesture known as karana mudra, the gesture of dispelling evil. (Here in Texas we refer to this gesture as "Hook'em Horns!")
Karana mudra is often associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, known in Tibet as Chenrezig, and in China as Guanyin.
The hand and arm would originally have been part of a much larger sculpture. Unfortunately many Tibetan Buddhist sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nepalese Durga Relief Stone Sculpture, circa 1900
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An arch shaped piece with high relief carving of a multi-armed deity standing on a winged feline and wielding several weapons. A small figure appears below right.
The fierce female demon buffalo slayer carved in openwork with her principal two hands holding...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
BURMESE STANDING FIGURE - Bronze/Gilt JEWELLED Inlaid Base
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A two-part tall standing cast bronze Buddha figure with jewelled, gilt-inlaid base. Original red lacquer painting in this figure and fully robed design shows throughout this figure. Gorgeous intact expression in the face and body of this female Buddhist figure with every part of her body in wonderful condition. Gilt and jewelled inlays throughout the base make this an exceptional piece in any Central Asian art collection. Circa 1900, BURMESE ART...
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Late 19th Century Central Asian Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sridevi East Asian Hindu Deity Goddess bronze Figurine Antique 18th-19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Fantastic Hinduism masterwork was discovered in our stock: attractive sculpture stood for decade on our shelf pleasing an eye and raising some questions. Finally, we were able to separate the wheat from the chaff: hand chased bronze head of Shridevi with gold crown or tiara was set (!) on the large early 19th century French clock...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Antique Tibetan Praying Crowned Buddha
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Tibetan Praying Crowned Buddha
This buddha sits in a seating lotus position a triangular base. His many hands fan out behind his back. Two hands...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Figure of Bodhisattva Chenrezig, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A nice vintage early to mid-20th century gilt bronze sculpture of the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara in his four armed form, known as Chaturbuhja, or Chenrezig in Tibet.
Chenrezig, a form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion (known as Guan Yin or Kwan Yin in Chinese), sits in vajrasana upon a high double lotus pedestal. One pair of hands is clasped in prayer at heart level, the other pair of hands raised upwards at shoulder lever and holding discreet attributes, a mala (prayer beads) in one hand, a lotus blossom in the other.
Chenrezig is dressed in an elaborately patterned floral dhoti that covers his lower half. His torso bare, shoulders covered with a shawl and scarves that billow out around him. He is festooned with jewels, necklaces, bracelets, armlets, earrings, belt and a five pointed crown. The earrings studded with coral. The crown studded with turquoise. His face is cold painted with beautiful details. The hair has been pigmented blue with crushed lapis, indicating his peaceful nature.
The copper base plate is inscribed with a visvajra (double vajra...
Category
Late 20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Chinese Set of Eighteen Blanc de Chine Enameled Ceramic Arhats or Luohan Buddhas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare set of eighteen Blanc de Chine Style Enameled - Glazed Ceramic Arhat, also known as Luohans, the disciples of Buddha, each bearing the mark and style of the Chinese maker Zeng Longsheng. The Eighteen Arhats (or Luohan) (Chinese: ????; pinyin: Shíba Luóhàn; Wade–Giles: Shih-pa Lo-han) are depicted in Mahayana Buddhism as the original followers of Gautama Buddha (arhat) who have followed the Noble Eightfold Path...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Tibeto-Chinese Seated Lama Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast in brass with a rich patina, this seated figure is a Lama, a spiritual master and teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The figure likely de...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Buddhist Figure of Manjushri, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, early to mid 20th century.
The Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva 'Amoghapasha?', Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful and unusual gilt bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, possibly Amoghapasha, Nepal, early to mid-20th century, circa 1930s or 1940s.
The regal figure possibly depicting the bodhisattva Amoghapasha, the Unfailing Lasso. The enlightened being is portrayed seated upon a high double lotus pedestal. He is dressed as an Indian prince, wearing a luxurious foliate patterned dhoti around his waist and a billowing scarf around his shoulders. . His torso bare save for the jeweled necklaces and the sacred thread. A five pointed crown with an image of Amitabha Buddha in the central point graces his head.
His princely face cold painted with beautiful detail, his hair colored blue with crushed lapis lazuli, indicating his peaceful nature. Amoghapasha holds a lasso in one hand, an axe in the other. He is considered an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. A bodhisattva of compassion, Amoghapasha is so named because of the lasso he holds in his hand. The lasso represents his vast compassion which is thought to extend to encompass all beings, bringing them into a state of perfection and enlightenment.
The copper base plate, seemingly a later replacement, has been inscribed with a visvajra (double vajra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Large 20th Century Nepalese Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama and Yami
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Nepalese tantric gilt bronze figure of the dikpala Yama and his sister, Yami, early to mid-20th century (1920s-1940s).
Well cast and richly gilt, the buffalo headed dikpala (directional guardian) of the South stands upon the back of a bull trampling a prostate figure. Yama is portrayed here in his four armed form. His primary arms hold a flaming kapala (skull cup...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Vintage Tibetan Orange and White Porcelain Buddha Statue
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Tibetan porcelain statue depicting a seated Buddha, with hand painted orange detail.
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Tibetan Ceremonial Silver Studded Conch with Semi-Precious Stones
Located in Miami, FL
Tibetan ceremonial silver studded conch with semi-precious stones, used in Tibetan Buddhism prayer rituals. Invokes water and rain, and is also used t...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arm of the Buddha, Early 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A stunningly graceful life-sized arm and hand of the Buddha, Tibet, late 18th or early 19th century. The hand is beautifully cast, with long, elega...
Category
Early 19th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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