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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼佛像
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY 明朝，十五世紀
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61729 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61729號
8 cm (3 1/4 in.) high 高8釐米（3 1/4英吋）

HK$200,000 - 300,000 200,000 - 300,000 港元

This fine bronze depicts Shakyamuni with a sweet, approachable 此尊精緻的造像詮釋了釋迦牟尼甜美親切的面容。其長袍垂下絢麗
face. His robe drapes in luxuriant folds that follow the conventions 的皺褶，承襲了十五世紀初明朝宮廷的傳統風格（參見邦瀚斯，香
of the imperial Ming style of the early 15th-century (cf. Bonhams, 港，2016年11月29日，拍品123號）。釋迦牟尼雙手施轉說法印，手
Hong Kong, 29 November 2016, lot 123). His hands, portraying him 指鑄造得尤為優雅。蓮座上的淺浮雕花瓣常見於小型造像，此類造像
furthering the Dharma, are cast elegantly. The low relief of the lotus 常為小型佛龕或嘎烏盒所造。另論雷特博格博物館一尊體量、主題及
petals is common to small bronzes that were intended to occupy 風格均相近的明代造像，收藏於嘎烏盒內，參見Uhlig, 《On the Path
shrine models or gau. Closely related in size, subject, and style, a to Enlightenment》，蘇黎世，1995年，頁53和209，編號14和156。
similar Ming bronze, collected within a gau, is held in the Museum
Rietberg, published in Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment, Zurich,
1995, pp.53&209, nos.14&156.