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A LAPIS LAZULI FIGURE OF PADMAPANI LOKESHVARA 青金石蓮華手觀音像
TIBET, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY 西藏，約十二世紀
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61795 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61795號
7.5 cm (3 in.) high 高7.5釐米（3英吋）
HK$250,000 - 350,000 250,000 - 350,000 港元
This finely executed Padmapani Lokeshvara is a rare example of 此雕刻精緻的蓮華手觀音是西藏造像傳統之中罕見的純以青金石
Tibetan sculpture carved in lapis lazuli. More commonly, the treasured 製像的例子。通常青金石只會少量用於造像的珠寶鑲嵌。存世的青
material is used in sparing amounts to embellish a deity’s jewelry. 金石像極為稀少。其中一尊是菩薩道收藏之中的十二世紀降魔金剛
Among few comparisons is a c.12th-century carving of Bhutadamara 手像（Weldon與Singer，《The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet》，倫
in the Nyingjei Lam Collection with the same crown type (Weldon & 敦，1999年，頁69，40號）；另一尊為一私人收藏的俱毗羅，出版
Singer, The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet, London, 1999, p.69, fig.40). 於Pal，《Art of Kashmir》，紐約，2007年，頁65，50號。
A lapis Kubera from a private collection is published in Pal, Art of
Kashmir, New York, 2007, p.65, fig.50.
