STATUETTE DE PRAJNAPARAMITA BLANCHE EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉKHASA MALLA, XIIIE/XIVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 488715.2 cm (6 in.) highProvenance: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF WHITE PRAJNAPARAMITAKHASA 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 1970sWhite 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 invajrasana 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. Alsopare 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.