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A gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva with a mandorla

  • Gilt-bronze
  • China
  • Qing dynasty (1644-1912)
  • 18th century
  • 31 x 15 x 16.5 cm
  • Private collection from the Alps area

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The gilt-bronze bodhisattva seated in vajrasana on a double lotus base, standing out on an important engraved and embossed mandorla. The bodhisattva wears a light dhoti hanging down on supple pleats, adorned with many jewels, the head with an important diadema with flotting ribons. The hair knotted in a complex chignon with few locks laying elegantly on the shoulders. The hair and clothing are delicately engraved. The face round, with a small mouth, the eyes half-closed with curved eyebrows. The expression is calm and benevolant. “Bodhisattva” refers to people that made a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all beings. There are eight major bodhisattvas and they are very popular in the Mahayana tradition. 

A gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva with a mandorla

  • Gilt-bronze
  • China
  • Qing dynasty (1644-1912)
  • 18th century
  • 31 x 15 x 16.5 cm
  • Private collection from the Alps area

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