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A SILVER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA SHADAKSHARI 銀質四臂觀音像配銅鎏金底座
WITH A GILT COPPER ALLOY BASE 西藏，約十七世紀
TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61794號
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61794 高12釐米（4 3/4英吋）
12 cm (4 3/4 in.) high
500,000 - 800,000 港元
HK$500,000 - 800,000
四臂觀音為佛教六字真言「唵嘛呢叭咪吽」的化身。造像裝飾富麗華
Shadakshari Lokeshvara personifies the mystic Buddhist mantra, 美，像身鑲有青金石，菩薩身披繡花紋絲綢，面掛恬靜祥和的笑容。
Om Mani Padme Hum, thought to contain the essence of the 鎏金底座與銀質造像搭配的做法雖不常見，但早有先例，可追溯至帕
Bodhisattva. He is sumptuously adorned with turquoise jewelry and 拉時期（參見Weldon與Casey Singer，《The Sculpture Heritage of
floral-patterned silks. The caster has attributed Avalokiteshvara with a Tibet》，倫敦，1999年，頁22-3，15號）。亦可參考喜馬拉雅藝術
deeply restful smile. Pairing silver figures with gilded pedestals draws 資源網上的一組此類造像（喜馬拉雅藝術資源網1228號）。
on a long, but infrequent, tradition stemming from the Pala period
(cf. Weldon & Casey Singer, The Sculpture Heritage of Tibet, London,
1999, pp.22-3, fig.15). For further examples see HAR set no.1228.

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