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A SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY. Sold for HK$8,652,500 inc. premium

A CAST GILT COPPER ALLOY PANEL WITH OFFERING GODDESSES DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY. Sold for HK$3,752,500 inc. premium

A GILT LACQUER, POLYCHROME WOOD AND GESSO FIGURE OF JINASAGARA AVALOKITESHVARA MING DYNASTY, XUANDE PERIOD (1425-35). Sold for HK$3,002,500 inc. premium

A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY. Sold for HK$2,877,500 inc. premium

A THANGKA OF THE SEVENTH DALAI LAMA, KALSANG GYATSO TIBET, 18TH CENTURY. Sold for HK$452,500 inc. premium

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43 lots available

1001 —
A SILVER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$190,000 inc. premium

1002 —
A SILVER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$102,000 inc. premium

1003 —
A PAINTED WOOD SUTRA COVER
TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY

HK$500,000 - HK$650,000

1004 —
A COPPER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF HEVAJRA HERUKA
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$1,752,500 inc. premium

1005 —
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL DEITY
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

HK$600,000 - HK$800,000

1006 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA
TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$2,877,500 inc. premium

1007 —
A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
SWAT VALLEY, 8TH/9TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$377,500 inc. premium

1011 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
YUAN DYNASTY, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$477,500 inc. premium

1012 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA
YUAN DYNASTY, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

HK$300,000 - HK$500,000

1013 —
A VAJRAYOGINI MANDALA
EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$95,625 inc. premium

1014 —
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$815,000 inc. premium

1015 —
A GILT COPPER SHRINE TO SHRIKANTHA KAMAKALA
NEPAL, DATED 1818

Sold for HK$1,252,500 inc. premium

1016 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY TREFOIL PLAQUE
DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

Amended

Sold for HK$690,000 inc. premium

1017 —
A CAST GILT COPPER ALLOY PANEL WITH OFFERING GODDESSES
DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

Amended

Sold for HK$3,752,500 inc. premium

1018 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY PLAQUE OF AN OFFERING GODDESS
DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$227,500 inc. premium

1019 —
A THANGKA OF BEGTSE CHEN
QING, YONGHEGONG STYLE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$140,000 inc. premium

1020 —
A GILT LACQUER, POLYCHROME WOOD AND GESSO FIGURE OF JINASAGARA AVALOKITESHVARA
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE PERIOD (1425-35)

Sold for HK$3,002,500 inc. premium

1021 —
A THANGKA OF GREEN TARA
GYANTSE REGION, TIBET, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$315,000 inc. premium

1022 —
A THANGKA OF JONANG TARANATHA
CENTRAL TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

HK$300,000 - HK$500,000

1023 —
A CLAY PLAQUE OF HERUKA
BHUTAN, 18TH CENTURY

HK$65,000 - HK$95,000

1024 —
A COPPER ALLOY TSA TSA MOLD OF THE LONG-LIFE TRINITY
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$12,750 inc. premium

1025 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF THE PRECIOUS ELEPHANT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$752,500 inc. premium

1026 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
MONGOLIA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

HK$1,800,000 - HK$2,400,000

1027 —
A THANGKA OF THE SEVENTH DALAI LAMA, KALSANG GYATSO
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$452,500 inc. premium

1028 —
A THANKGA OF A NYINGMA TEACHER
GOLOK, NORTHEASTERN TIBET, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$38,250 inc. premium

1029 —
A THANGKA OF SHADBHUJA MAHAKALA
QING, YONGHEGONG STYLE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$127,500 inc. premium

1030 —
A BLACKGROUND THANGKA OF THE TWELVE TANMA CHUNYI GODDESSES
TIBET, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY

HK$400,000 - HK$600,000

1031 —
A POLYCHROMED WOOD PANEL WITH LOTUS-BORNE BUDDHAS AND VAJRA
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$102,000 inc. premium

1032 —
A GOLD EMBROIDERED SATIN BUDDHIST PRIEST'S ROBE
QING, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$477,500 inc. premium

1033 —
A TIGER-STRIPED WOOL RUG
TIBET, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

HK$100,000 - HK$150,000

1034 —
A WOOL TANTRIC RUG OF A FEMALE FIGURE
TIBET, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$66,300 inc. premium

1035 —
A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE PRESIDING BUDDHAS
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

HK$55,000 - HK$75,000

1036 —
A SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY

Sold for HK$8,652,500 inc. premium

1037 —
A SCROLL PAINTING OF THE DEATH OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA (NEHAN-ZU)
JAPAN, MID EDO PERIOD, DATED 1727

Sold for HK$190,000 inc. premium

1038 —
A CARNELIAN FIGURE OF BUDDHA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND-5TH CENTURY

Sold for HK$57,375 inc. premium

1039 —
A LAPIS LAZULI CARVING OF A BUDDHA
SRI LANKA, EARLY ANURADHAPURA PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY

HK$400,000 - HK$500,000

1040 —
A GROUP OF SIX CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL BUDDHIST SCULPTURES
THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA PERIOD, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY

HK$350,000 - HK$450,000

1041^Ф,Y —
AN IVORY CARVED SEAL IN THE FORM OF ANGULIMALA
MYANMAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

HK$200,000 - HK$300,000

1042^Ф,Y —
AN IVORY FIGURE OF A BOY
MYANMAR OR THAILAND, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

HK$60,000 - HK$80,000

1043 —
VIRA, RAGHU, AND CHANDRA, LOKESH. A NEW TIBETO-MONGOL PANTHEON. NEW DELHI: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF INDIAN CULTURE, 1961-1972.

HK$20,000 - HK$40,000

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1001 — A SILVER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

1002 — A SILVER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

1003 — A PAINTED WOOD SUTRA COVER TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY

1004 — A COPPER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF HEVAJRA HERUKA NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

1005 — A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL DEITY NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

1006 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

1007 — A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI SWAT VALLEY, 8TH/9TH CENTURY

1008 — A BLACKSTONE STELE OF NAGARAJAS KASHMIR, 9TH/10TH CENTURY

1009 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VASUDHARA NEPAL, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

1010 — A COPPER ALLOY STUPA TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

1011 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA YUAN DYNASTY, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

1012 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA YUAN DYNASTY, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

1013 — A VAJRAYOGINI MANDALA EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

1014 — A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

1015 — A GILT COPPER SHRINE TO SHRIKANTHA KAMAKALA NEPAL, DATED 1818

1016 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY TREFOIL PLAQUE DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

1017 — A CAST GILT COPPER ALLOY PANEL WITH OFFERING GODDESSES DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

1018 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY PLAQUE OF AN OFFERING GODDESS DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

1019 — A THANGKA OF BEGTSE CHEN QING, YONGHEGONG STYLE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1020 — A GILT LACQUER, POLYCHROME WOOD AND GESSO FIGURE OF JINASAGARA AVALOKITESHVARA MING DYNASTY, XUANDE PERIOD (1425-35)

1021 — A THANGKA OF GREEN TARA GYANTSE REGION, TIBET, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

1022 — A THANGKA OF JONANG TARANATHA CENTRAL TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

1023 — A CLAY PLAQUE OF HERUKA BHUTAN, 18TH CENTURY

1024 — A COPPER ALLOY TSA TSA MOLD OF THE LONG-LIFE TRINITY TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

1025 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF THE PRECIOUS ELEPHANT QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

1026 — A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS MONGOLIA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

1027 — A THANGKA OF THE SEVENTH DALAI LAMA, KALSANG GYATSO TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

1028 — A THANKGA OF A NYINGMA TEACHER GOLOK, NORTHEASTERN TIBET, LATE 19TH CENTURY

1029 — A THANGKA OF SHADBHUJA MAHAKALA QING, YONGHEGONG STYLE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1030 — A BLACKGROUND THANGKA OF THE TWELVE TANMA CHUNYI GODDESSES TIBET, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY

1031 — A POLYCHROMED WOOD PANEL WITH LOTUS-BORNE BUDDHAS AND VAJRA TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

1032 — A GOLD EMBROIDERED SATIN BUDDHIST PRIEST'S ROBE QING, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1033 — A TIGER-STRIPED WOOL RUG TIBET, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

1034 — A WOOL TANTRIC RUG OF A FEMALE FIGURE TIBET, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

1035 — A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE PRESIDING BUDDHAS TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

1036 — A SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY

1037 — A SCROLL PAINTING OF THE DEATH OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA (NEHAN-ZU) JAPAN, MID EDO PERIOD, DATED 1727

1038 — A CARNELIAN FIGURE OF BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND-5TH CENTURY

1039 — A LAPIS LAZULI CARVING OF A BUDDHA SRI LANKA, EARLY ANURADHAPURA PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY

1040 — A GROUP OF SIX CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL BUDDHIST SCULPTURES THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA PERIOD, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY

1041Ф,Y — AN IVORY CARVED SEAL IN THE FORM OF ANGULIMALA MYANMAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1042Ф,Y — AN IVORY FIGURE OF A BOY MYANMAR OR THAILAND, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1043 — VIRA, RAGHU, AND CHANDRA, LOKESH. A NEW TIBETO-MONGOL PANTHEON. NEW DELHI: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF INDIAN CULTURE, 1961-1972.

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Client Services (Hong Kong)

Mark Rasmussen

News and stories

One Of the World's Only Two Surviving Xuande Vajrayana Wooden Figures at Bonhams Hong Kong

A Schist Figure of Buddha from 3rd Century Gandhara Is The Top Lot at Bonhams Hong Kong Images Of Devotion Sale

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1001 —
A SILVER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

1002 —
A SILVER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

1003 —
A PAINTED WOOD SUTRA COVER
TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY

1004 —
A COPPER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF HEVAJRA HERUKA
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

1005 —
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL DEITY
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

1006 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA
TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

1007 —
A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
SWAT VALLEY, 8TH/9TH CENTURY

1008 —
A BLACKSTONE STELE OF NAGARAJAS
KASHMIR, 9TH/10TH CENTURY

1009 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VASUDHARA
NEPAL, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

1010 —
A COPPER ALLOY STUPA
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

1011 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
YUAN DYNASTY, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

1012 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA
YUAN DYNASTY, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

1013 —
A VAJRAYOGINI MANDALA
EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

1014 —
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

1015 —
A GILT COPPER SHRINE TO SHRIKANTHA KAMAKALA
NEPAL, DATED 1818

1016 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY TREFOIL PLAQUE
DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

1017 —
A CAST GILT COPPER ALLOY PANEL WITH OFFERING GODDESSES
DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

1018 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY PLAQUE OF AN OFFERING GODDESS
DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

1019 —
A THANGKA OF BEGTSE CHEN
QING, YONGHEGONG STYLE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1020 —
A GILT LACQUER, POLYCHROME WOOD AND GESSO FIGURE OF JINASAGARA AVALOKITESHVARA
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE PERIOD (1425-35)

1021 —
A THANGKA OF GREEN TARA
GYANTSE REGION, TIBET, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

1022 —
A THANGKA OF JONANG TARANATHA
CENTRAL TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

1023 —
A CLAY PLAQUE OF HERUKA
BHUTAN, 18TH CENTURY

1024 —
A COPPER ALLOY TSA TSA MOLD OF THE LONG-LIFE TRINITY
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

1025 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF THE PRECIOUS ELEPHANT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

1026 —
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
MONGOLIA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

1027 —
A THANGKA OF THE SEVENTH DALAI LAMA, KALSANG GYATSO
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

1028 —
A THANKGA OF A NYINGMA TEACHER
GOLOK, NORTHEASTERN TIBET, LATE 19TH CENTURY

1029 —
A THANGKA OF SHADBHUJA MAHAKALA
QING, YONGHEGONG STYLE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1030 —
A BLACKGROUND THANGKA OF THE TWELVE TANMA CHUNYI GODDESSES
TIBET, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY

1031 —
A POLYCHROMED WOOD PANEL WITH LOTUS-BORNE BUDDHAS AND VAJRA
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

1032 —
A GOLD EMBROIDERED SATIN BUDDHIST PRIEST'S ROBE
QING, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1033 —
A TIGER-STRIPED WOOL RUG
TIBET, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

1034 —
A WOOL TANTRIC RUG OF A FEMALE FIGURE
TIBET, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

1035 —
A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE PRESIDING BUDDHAS
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

1036 —
A SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY

1037 —
A SCROLL PAINTING OF THE DEATH OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA (NEHAN-ZU)
JAPAN, MID EDO PERIOD, DATED 1727

1038 —
A CARNELIAN FIGURE OF BUDDHA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND-5TH CENTURY

1039 —
A LAPIS LAZULI CARVING OF A BUDDHA
SRI LANKA, EARLY ANURADHAPURA PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY

1040 —
A GROUP OF SIX CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL BUDDHIST SCULPTURES
THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA PERIOD, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY

1041^Ф,Y —
AN IVORY CARVED SEAL IN THE FORM OF ANGULIMALA
MYANMAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1042^Ф,Y —
AN IVORY FIGURE OF A BOY
MYANMAR OR THAILAND, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

1043 —
VIRA, RAGHU, AND CHANDRA, LOKESH. A NEW TIBETO-MONGOL PANTHEON. NEW DELHI: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF INDIAN CULTURE, 1961-1972.