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STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BRONZE DORÉ
NÉPAL, XVÈME-XVIÈME SIÈCLE
Représenté assis en vajrasana sur une base lotiforme, les mains en
bhumisparshamudra, il est vêtu d'une longue robe ornée d'un galon
aux motifs végétaux stylisés recouvrant son épaule et son bras gauche
ainsi que ses jambes. Ses yeux mi-clos sous des sourcils arqués et sa
bouche légèrement souriante lui confèrent une expression sereine.
Deux oreilles aux lobes allongés encadrent son visage paré de l'urna
sur le front. Ses cheveux bleus coiffés en de petites boucles sont
surmontés de l'ushnisha ; rescellée.
Hauteur : 28 cm. (11 in.)
€70,000-90,000 US$70,000-90,000
£62,000-79,000
PROVENANCE:
Previously from an important German private collection, acquired
between 1959 and 1968.
Private collection, France, acquired from the above at Nagel, Stuttgart,
21 June 2018, lot 13.
This elegant sculpture depicts the moment when Buddha Shakyamuni
achieves enlightenment: Having withstood the celestial king Mara’s
temptations, the Buddha sits under the Bodhi tree in meditation as
Mara’s armies make a final attempt at upstaging him. In his deep
introspective state, Buddha touches the ground with a single finger and
calls upon the earth to witness his enlightenment and ward off Mara’s
armies.
The ushnisha or cranial protuberance of the Buddha has traces of
ultramarine blue, an expensive pigment made from crushed lapis lazuli.
This particular detail suggests that although this gilt-bronze figure was
made in Nepal, it likely made its way to Tibet, as the application of blue
pigments to the ushnisha was a uniquely Tibetan custom.
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
NEPAL, 15TH -16TH CENTURY
尼泊爾 十ӄ 十六ц紀 鎏金銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像
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