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AN IVORY FIGURE OF WHITE CHAKRASAMVARA 象牙白勝樂金剛像
QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-1796) 乾隆時期（1735-1796年）
With faint remains of red pigment on his consort Vajravarahi. 明妃金剛亥母身上殘留有少量朱紅顏料。
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 61784 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61784號
8.8 cm (3 1/2 in.) high 高8.8釐米（3 1/2英吋）

HK$1,500,000 - 2,500,000 1,500,000 - 2,500,000 港元

This rare ivory sculpture depicts an uncommon form of the great 此件牙雕刻劃了白勝樂金剛，為本尊勝樂金剛的罕見化現。勝樂金剛
yidam Chakrasamvara, known as White Chakrasamvara. Indicated by 雙手各捧一隻長壽寶瓶，其密宗修行可延年益壽。
the pair of long-life vases in his hands, the tantric practice of White
Chakrasamvara is designed to prolong one’s lifespan. 有關白勝樂金剛的修法有數個不同源流，而此作品所依據的由宗喀
巴（1374-1419年）的老師烏巴馬（十四世紀）所制定，本尊的圖像
There are a number of White Chakrasamvara traditions, but the 特徵後經五世達賴喇嘛阿旺羅桑嘉措（1617-1682年）正式確認。此
tradition represented here was formulated by Lama Umapa (14th 處勝樂金剛不同於常見形象，造型呈現坐式、一面雙臂，擁抱明妃金
century), a teacher of Je Tsongkhapa (1374-1419). The iconography 剛亥母，金剛亥母手執頭骨碗兩隻。主尊與明妃表情略帶怒意、相
of Lama Umapa’s White Chakrasamvara was canonized in writing by 互對望。
the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngagwang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-82). Unlike in
most other forms, Chakrasamvara is seated, has a single face and
two hands. He couples with Vajravarahi, who holds two ambrosia-
filled skullcups behind his head. With slightly wrathful expressions,
they behold each other.

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