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TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 8893
17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) high
Footnotes
西藏 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金尊勝佛母像
Provenance
Lempertz, Cologne, 10-11 June 1983, lot 811
Ushnishavijaya, the Buddhist goddess associated with longevity and purification, is depicted with three faces and eight arms, seated in vajraparyankasana upon a double-lotus base. Her elaborate crowns and jewellery are enriched with turquoise and red inlays, and the bracelets are finely worked as several layers of flower petals. Blue pigment highlights the hair and the details of her garments. The full modelling, extensive gilding and rich polychrome decoration reflect an established Tibetan sculptural tradition.
A gilt bronze Prajnaparamita in the Palace Museum, Beijing, closely resembles the present figure in several details, including the design of the armbands and crowns, the pointed hairline, the two folded corners of cloth over the legs, and the thin lotus petals and waist of the base (Luo ed., , 2020, p. 243, pl. 147). A late 17th-century Ushnishavijaya in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (61.052), is similarly embellished with turquoise, coral and pigments. Compare also an 18th-century Tibetan example sold at Bonhams, San Francisco, 18 December 2017, lot 803.