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Sculpture from the northern Indian region of Himachal Pradesh, 喜馬偕爾邦與喀什米爾同處印度北部，相互毗鄰，自古文化
such as the current work, is stylistically comparable with sculpture from 交流頻繁，藝術風格互為影響。喜馬偕爾邦昌巴縣高地，距
neighboring Kashmir, unsurprising given the proximity of the two 離喀什米爾谷地少於兩百公里，是佛教藝術重鎮，銅製造像
regions. The hilltown of Chamba, where many of the most important 成績斐然，聞名遐邇。
bronze figures from this region originate, is less than two hundred
miles from the valley of Kashmir. 自古以來，喀什米爾皆屬印度教及佛教聖地，信奉者眾，遂
成就當地源遠流長之銅佛工藝傳統。形象方面，早期的喀什
Historically, Kashmir was an important religious center both for 米爾造像深受斯瓦特縣地區影響，同時揉合印度笈多時期的
Hindu and Buddhist faiths, and developed an excellent bronze-casting
美學元素。隨著時代演進，當地造像形態逐漸與前期分道揚
tradition. Stylistically, early Kashmiri sculpture borrowed heavily from
鑣，自成一套獨有風格，特徵包括矯健軀幹、闊眉大眼、豐
the nearby Swat Valley, as well as the Gupta style of India. In later
富鑲嵌、平素五官、瓔珞珠寶款式，以及別具特色的三葉王
centuries, the sculptors of Kashmir developed a distinctive style, notable
冠。
herein by the fleshy torso, wide eyes with vibrant use of inlay, flat facial
features, and jewelry types, including tripartite mitered crowns.
喜馬偕爾邦與喀什米爾銅像雖風格同源，兩者亦有若干相異
之處。喜馬偕爾邦造像背光大多扁平光素，諸如本像，喀什
Some stylistic and iconographical characteristics differentiate sculpture
from the regions of Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir. The conjoined 米爾造像背光則趨於浮華縟麗，常作火焰式設計。喜馬偕爾
aureole of Himachal Pradesh bronzes, for example, is typically flat and 邦佛衣飄帶慣從主像兩側舒展，喀什米爾像則相對少見。
unadorned—as visible in the current work—in contrast to Kashmiri
同類造像款式可參考歐雲伉儷雅蓄一尊十至十一世紀銅嵌銀
aureoles, which are often incised with flames. The streamers or ribbons
象頭神坐像，出自印度喜馬偕爾邦，背光光素，下設方台，
that extend from either side of the torso are also commonly found in
Himachal bronzes, and appear less frequently in Kashmiri bronzes. 與本像相仿，於紐約佳士得「髹金飾玉—歐雲伉儷珍藏」
日場拍賣，2019年3月21日，拍品編號1101。
Compare the unadorned aureole and the stepped rectangular base
of the current work with a tenth-eleventh century bronze figure of 喀什米爾例子方面，則可參考一尊同時代釋迦牟尼銅像，
Ganesha from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, sold at 原為泛亞收藏（Pan-Asian Collection），收錄於U. von
Christie’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1101. Schroeder著《Indo-Tibetan Bronzes》，香港，1981年，
頁125，編號19E。該像之造型以及蓮台風格雖略似本像，背
See, also, a contemporaneous bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
光則兼飾火焰及佛塔，且配獅子夜叉須彌座，呼應喀什米爾
from Kashmir, originally in the Pan-Asian Collection, illustrating the
造像傳統。
stylistic similarity of the two regions, illustrated by U. von Schroeder
in Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 125, no. 19E; while the
Pan-Asian example relates to the present figure in the similar treatment
of the central figure and lotus base, the aureole is incised with flames
and a stupa, and the plinth is supported by lions and a central yaksha in
the Kashmiri tradition.

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