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A BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI 金剛手菩薩銅像
WESTERN TIBET, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY 藏西，約十二世紀
Standing on an associated, likely contemporaneous, 底座非原配，可能於同期鑄造。
copper alloy pedestal. 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61826號
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 61826 高14.5釐米（5 3/4英吋）
14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.) high
100,000 - 150,000 港元
HK$100,000 - 150,000
此尊意氣風發的金剛手菩薩屬於藏西早期的一類造像，帶有無邪的
This uplifting figure of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani belongs to an early 迷人特質。相關例子曾出版於Heller，《Early Himalayan Art》，新德
group of Western Tibetan bronzes sharing a charming naiveté. Other 里，2008年，頁 118-9與頁126-7，38與41號。作品以簡化的形式借
examples are published in Heller, Early Himalayan Art, New Delhi, 借鑒鄰邦印度克什米爾的風格，鑄工可見真摯與熱誠。雖然同時期亦
2008, pp.118-9&126-7, nos.38&41. With simplified borrowings 有金剛手的寂靜相造像，祂的忿怒相化身則較常被採用。
from the neighboring Indian Kashmir style, their casters express
enthusiasm and sincerity for each subject. While found in this early 來源
period, peaceful figures of Vajrapani are greatly outnumbered by 海蒂與烏爾裏希·馮·施羅德夫婦珍藏，韋森，2002-2010年
bronzes of his wrathful form. 歐洲私人收藏

Provenance
The Collection of Heidi & Ulrich von Schroeder, Weesen, 2002-2010
Private European Collection