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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
2826
A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
TIANYOU YUANSHUAI

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The Daoist deity stands in a martial pose on a detachable stand,
holding various implements in his six hands, including a seal and
two wheels. The central face is flanked by two additional faces,
all with stern visages.
19 in. (48.5 cm.) overall height, box
HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000

The Tianyou Yuanshuai, or the Grand Marshall Tianyou, is part of the
Daoist group of deities known as the Four Saints (sisheng), alongside
Zhenwu, Heisha, and Tianpeng Yuanshuai. He is most often represented
with three faces, six arms, holding in his hands an array of weapons and
implements, which he uses to destroy demons and ghosts.
The current figure is very similar to a bronze figure of Tianyou Yuanshuai,
dating to the Wanli period, in the Daoist temple Baiyunguan in Beijing,
illustrated in Zhongguo daojiao shenxian zaoxiang daxi, Beijing, 2012,
p. 99 (fig. 1). Both figures have similar representation of three faces,
six arms, partially bare upper torso, bare feet, hair tied in a cloth cap and
similar implements in the hands, suggesting they were possibly made
around the same period.

明 鎏金銅天佑大元帥立像

造像三頭六臂，正面三目，頭戴遠遊冠，手持火輪、法印、
令牌等，赤雙足，為道教星宿神天佑大元帥之造型。
本造像與北京白雲觀藏一尊定年萬曆的銅天佑大元帥造像非常接近，應為
同期作品，可資比較（圖一），見《中國道教神仙造像大系》，北京，2012年，
頁99。
天佑元帥又稱天猷元帥，與天蓬、真武、黑煞合稱北極四聖。《道門通教心
用集》卷七稱天猷神將，「威制群魔，頭戴天圓，足履地方，冠帶九氣，結為
衣裳，日為圓象，月為圓光，身披北斗，六甲九章，左踞河魁，右倚天罡，能伏
邪鬼，爍除不祥，神丁一論，鬼穢消亡。」

fig. 1 A similar bronze figure of Tianyou Yuanshuai
in the Daoist temple Baiyunguan in Beijing
圖一 北京白雲觀藏造型相似的銅天佑元帥造像

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