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A LARGE REPOUSSE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE
OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI

18TH-19TH CENTURY
The deities are masterfully cast in yabyum, with Chakrasamvara
striding in alidhasana over prostrate figures on a lotus base, his twelve
arms holding various ritual implements, wearing a garland of skulls
and a tiger skin around his waist, and Vajravarahi with her legs
wrapped around him, holding a vajra and ghanta.
21in. (53.5 cm) high
HK$600,000-800,000 US$77,000-100,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
A Southern European private collection, acquired in December 2014
Chakrasamvara is the primary meditation deity of the various Kagyu
Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and together with Guhyasamāja and
Yanmāntaka, form the three most important deities of the Gelug School.
Compare to a stylistically similar gilt-bronze figure of Kalachakra displayed
at the Yonghegong, Beijing, illustrated in Palace of Harmony, Hong Kong,
1994, p127 (fig. 1).

十八/十九世紀 鎏金銅錘鍱勝樂金剛像

來源:
歐洲南部私人舊藏，購於2014年12月

勝樂金剛又稱上樂金剛，是藏密無上瑜伽部母續的本尊，也是藏密無上瑜
伽修法中尊奉的五大本尊之一。比較北京雍和宮數學殿一風格類似的時輪
金剛本尊像，著於《雍和宮》，香港，1994年，圖版127號（圖一）。

fig. 1 A figure of Kalachakra displayed at Yonghegong, Beijing
圖一 北京雍和宮藏時輪金剛本尊像