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A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA 銅鎏金勝樂金剛像
NEPAL, 16TH CENTURY 尼泊爾，十六世紀
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61752 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61752號
10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) high 高10.5 釐米 （4 1/8 英吋）

HK$450,000 - 550,000 450,000 - 550,000 港元

Here Chakrasamvara is depicted with an unusually benevolent 此尊勝樂金剛面容罕有的慈祥，猶如深受明妃目光感召。然而其凜然
countenance, as if deeply touched by the gaze of his consort. Yet 氣勢絲毫不減，手持利器，雙腿闊跨，牢牢踩住腳底諸神。
his presence remains powerful, heightened by the weapons in his
hands, and his legs in a wide stride, easily crushing the prostrate 底座呈典型尼泊爾風格，其多層尖細的花瓣及連珠紋邊緣與另一尊
gods below. 銅鎏金大威德金剛異曲同工，參見Grewenig & Rist所編 ，《Buddha
- 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces》，弗爾克林
The characteristically Nepalese base, with multi-layered pointy petals 根，2016年，頁338-9，142號。而明妃金剛亥母的腰帶樣式及主尊
and prominent beaded rims, is shared by a gilt bronze Vajrabhairava 腳下諸神的姿態，亦與另一尊創作於1576年的勝樂金剛至為接近，
published in Grewenig & Rist (eds), Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist 參見施羅德，《印度與西藏的銅造像》，香港，1981年，頁376-7，
Art: 232 Masterpieces, Völklingen, 2016, pp.338-9, no.142. Also 號100D）。
compare Vajravarahi’s girdle and the posture of the prostrate figures
to a closely related Chakrasamvara, dated 1576, published in von
Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp.376-7,
no.100D.