WHITE PRAJNAPARAMITA STATUETTE IN GILDED COPPER... Lot 30

WHITE PRAJNAPARAMITA STATUETTE IN GILDED COPPER ALLOY KHASA MALLA, XIII/XIV CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4887 15.2 cm (6 in.) high Footnotes: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF WHITE PRAJNAPARAMITA KHASA MALLA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY 卡薩馬拉王朝 十三/十四世紀 銅鎏金白般若佛母像 Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s White Prajnaparamita is part of a group of three deities from the Vajrapanjara Tantra which includes Bhutadamara Vajrapani and White Pratisara. In her two-armed form, the Mother of all Buddhas sits in vajrasana while interlocking her fingers in the gesture of teaching the Dharma. Flanking her shoulders are flowers blossoming forth the very same manuscript she emanates from. The delineation of her finger joints is a stylistic feature attributable to the Khasa Mallas. See a portrait of a Khasa Malla Queen in the National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C. (F1986.23), whose hooked nose, rounded chin, and supple physique closely resemble that of the present figure. Also compare with another Khasa Malla image of White Prajnaparamita, published in Alsop, 'The Metal Sculpture of the Khasa Malla Kingdom' in Singer & Denwood (eds.), Tibetan Art, Towards a Definition of Style, 1997, pp. 68-79, fig. 10; HAR 59110. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com