A RARE GROUP OF FOUR SILK BROCADE BUDDHIST PANELS
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
A RARE GROUP OF FOUR SILK BROCADE BUDDHIST PANELS QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Comprising four finely woven silk brocade rectangular panels, all detailed with additional gilt-threads: the first, depicting a Dakini framed within an aureole, standing with one leg on a lotus pedestal, the other raised in an attitude of dance, ardhaparyanka , holding in the corresponding hand a bowl containing a flower, the other hand in a gesture of vitarka mudra , the deity encircled by a leafy vine, below a network of beaded jewellery chains suspending from mythical animal-masks; the second panel, depicting a Dakini in a similar pose, holding a shell in hand; the third, is a single full-bloom lotus growing from a leafy stem; and the fourth, an ambrosia flask on a lotus pedestal. 28 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (71.6 x 59 cm.), individual perspex frames
A RARE GROUP OF FOUR SILK BROCADE BUDDHIST PANELS
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
A RARE GROUP OF FOUR SILK BROCADE BUDDHIST PANELS QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Comprising four finely woven silk brocade rectangular panels, all detailed with additional gilt-threads: the first, depicting a Dakini framed within an aureole, standing with one leg on a lotus pedestal, the other raised in an attitude of dance, ardhaparyanka , holding in the corresponding hand a bowl containing a flower, the other hand in a gesture of vitarka mudra , the deity encircled by a leafy vine, below a network of beaded jewellery chains suspending from mythical animal-masks; the second panel, depicting a Dakini in a similar pose, holding a shell in hand; the third, is a single full-bloom lotus growing from a leafy stem; and the fourth, an ambrosia flask on a lotus pedestal. 28 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (71.6 x 59 cm.), individual perspex frames
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