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fig. 7 Private Collection fig. 8 Collection of the Dali Municipal Museum
எӮ ☆՞Ⅷ⻦ எݨ ഌ↚Ⴊࢷ⁒㱦⻦৅

Another example worth mentioning is a Vairocana Buddha, 17 cm औംӬ։ٿᇑᬘ㖅⎏׾ຽᛓ☆՞ᘘ⻦Ӭ։ ݩߎ㵶⎏ഌᚚൈ׹卻ॲ
high, in a private collection (fig. 7). This example has very similar ˒卼ǯ᫉ཉഌᚚൈ׹⎏・ㄜ⽔↚Ꮫᯧ⯝ទཉࢦߎ⏟㘆卿⮥㞧⎏㙁௛Ԯᇈ
treatments to the robe as with the current example, and is wearing a
⏟ַ卿Ӷ㙞᮱ᝳᏊ㮴஄ǯᝬᇌ卿ഌ↚ഌ㎒ᦼࢥತⷀᝪ⎉ᓒӬ։㩛ᆚ㩜ד
similar armband, but without a necklace. Lastly, there is an excavated
ஶ۬卻ॲՌ卼卿ӶᏊ㲛㱈卿⩧・ㄜ⎏ᆨᅴ჌ԋக㰍ᡟǯٿᇑӬᓽ⎏ᛓ᫉
example from the Dali Dafengle burial site, without jewellery and
wearing a Chinese style robe (fig. 8). Interestingly, this burial site also ತⷀࢥԮᝳࢶ㉭ᛞឆ⎏ᙔ⁒߅கǯս⏖߿⎏㏱ᙠ⏭׹卿㇝ࢥߣࢶ㉭⯝ഌ
yielded artifacts dated to the Nanzhao period. Currently, more research ↚㙁۬⎏Ӷऱ卿Ꮅᛓࢥߎഌ↚᚝ឆ㒛ᛮឆ㙁۬⎏㰍ᡟ卿㚍㫬㇝⏟⋁⎏ໝ
is needed to differentiate Nanzhao and Dali sculptures, as well as
ワⒺ♾ǯֿᛓ卿ទཉ⎏㰍ᡟ⯝ӳࢷࢦՀӽ⡕⎏ஶ۬⏟ᬘ卿ჺջ፽㊃ᝤ᚝ǯ
between early and late Dali pieces. Stylistically, however, the current
ඈӻӶ㋏ݯჺջ卿ទཉὍजै㊘ᛓऱ㯸㙁۬ԋᝬἃ⠢⧻⎏Ӭ׾卿⻱ワ܎
bronze seems to pre-date the 12th century example in the Shanghai
Museum. Notwithstanding its dating, the current example is without a ٿᥑ㵶卿ᛓٿᇑ⻦།Ⅷ⻦⎏Ӭ։㞒㇝ה৅ǯ
doubt the most refined of all the examples in existence, and certainly a
masterpiece worthy of a serious collector.

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