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Lot 1016

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

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2 December 2021, 19:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

Sold for HK$690,000 inc. premium

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A GILT COPPER ALLOY TREFOIL PLAQUE

DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.4508
18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.) high

Footnotes

丹薩替 藏中 十四世紀 銅鎏金三葉飾板

Built upon the meditation spot of Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-70), who was considered a Second Buddha, Densatil monastery housed one of the great artistic wonders of Tibet. Eight glittering tashi gomang stupas were erected during the late-13th to 15th centuries, steeped in densely cast and gilded bronze deities. This beautiful three-lobed plaque would have belonged to one of these golden stupas.

In a triangular configuration, three celestial adorants (vidyadharas) gambol above a talismanic kirttimukha mask, each smiling and presenting offerings. The plaque is bordered by a band of openwork foliate sprays bearing wish-fulfilling gems (cintamani). Trefoil plaques such as this embellished the corners of a Densatil stupa's second and third tiers (from top to bottom).

Compare to a closely related plaque at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York (Czaja & Proser, Golden Visions of Densatil, 2014, pp.160-1, no.41). Also see Christie's, Amsterdam, 13 April 1999, lot 85, and Pal, Nepal: Old Images, New Insights, 2005, p.13, fig.6.

Provenance:
Private Hong Kong Collection

Saleroom notices

Please note, this lot has been published in Ge, "Xizang Dansatisi Niboer Liujintongfo [Nepalese Gilt Bronze Buddhist Scuptures in Densatil, Tibet]", in The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, Taipei, no.260, 2004.11, pp.14-23, fig.28.
請留意,此拍品著錄於葛婉章,『西藏丹薩替寺尼泊爾鎏金銅佛——南亞文化圈宗教藝術之三』,《故宮文物月刊》,台北,第260期,2004年11月,頁14-23,圖28.

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