A gilt copper alloy figure of PrajnaparamitaNepal, dated by inscription 1753
inscription along the lotus base: श्री ३ प्रज्ञपरमिता रच्छ्मावतिन थवता नामन दयका सं ८७३ श्रा शु १ [on the first of the bright half of Sravana, NS 873 (July-August 1753) Lachamavati (Laksmavati) made (this image of ) S'ri- 3 Prajnaparamita in her own name (for her own merit)], 16.4cm high注脚Prajnaparamita, or yum chen mo (Great Mother), is the female personification of perfect wisdom and insight into the true nature of reality. She is sometimes considered "the mother of all buddhas and bodhisattvas" because her teachings lead to becoming bodhisattva and attaining buddhahood. She can be identified by one of her attributes, usually held by her upper left hand, the book of Prajnaparamita, as in the current lot.

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Inscription translated by Ian Alsop, asianart.com
Lipton & Ragnubs, Treasures of Tibetan Art: Collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1996, p. 158

尼泊爾十八世紀 般若波羅蜜多菩薩鎏金銅像 （由蓮花座銘文譯得）一七五三年造