PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION | 歐洲私人收藏
An amber, paste and shell inlaid gilt-copper figure of Ratnasambhava, Nepal, 19th century | 尼泊爾 十九世紀 銅鎏金嵌寶及琥珀寶生佛坐像
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Property from an Important European Private Collection
An amber, paste and shell inlaid gilt-copper figure of Ratnasambhava
Nepal, 19th century
Height 26 cm, 10¼ in.
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Collection particulière européenne
Statuette de Ratnasambhava en cuivre doré incrusté d'ambre, de pâte de verre et de coquillages, Népal, XIXe siècle
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歐洲私人收藏
尼泊爾 十九世紀 銅鎏金嵌寶及琥珀寶生佛坐像
The figure of Buddha with a framework of gilded copper cloisons inset with amber sections for the body and robe, dark blue paste for the hair curls and the robe edges, white shell for the eyes, and carved shell and polychrome paste for the lotus petal base and arch (prabha). Ratnasambhava’s iconographic colour is yellow, hence the choice of amber for this rare Nepalese sculpture. Inset stonework sculpture, furniture, ritual objects and plaques became increasingly popular in Nepal in the nineteenth century.
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