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A BLACKSTONE STELE OF SYAMATARA 黑石綠度母碑
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY 印度東北部，帕拉時期，約十世紀
With the Buddhist Creed (“Ye dharma hetu...”) inscribed on 碑拱刻佛偈銘文（「緣起法頌⋯」）。
the stele’s arch. 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61804號
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61804 高50釐米（19 3/4 英吋）
50 cm (19 3/4 in.) high
400,000 - 600,000 港元
HK$400,000 - 600,000
藍睡蓮（優波羅）於左肩彎曲升起，是謂綠度母法身標記。綠度母為
The distinctive blue lily (utpala), seen rising to her left shoulder from 眾生救度佛母，右手施與願印，坐姿安祥，戴花鬘寶冠及雕工精練的
a sinuous stem, identifies the deity Green Tara. Acting as a savior, 連珠紋項鍊。
Green Tara extends her right hand in the gesture of bestowing
charity. She sits in a relaxed posture, elegantly adorned with garland 風格而言，此年輕菩薩的身形結合豐滿圓潤的早期帕拉藝術（八/
bands and a crisply carved beaded necklace. 九世紀）以及身型纖細抽象的晚期帕拉雕塑（十一/十二世紀）。此
特色與一件淵源甚深之約十世紀綠度母石碑同工（戴於Huntington
Stylistically, the young Bodhisattva’s shapely physiognomy strikes & Huntington著，《Leaves from the Bodhi Tree》，俄亥俄，1990
a pleasing balance between the very rounded forms of early Pala 年，17號）。兩尊佛蓮瓣造型一致，而此尊雕琢簡約，合乎十一世紀
art (8th/9th century) and the more slender and abstracted late 前的帕拉石像風格。
Pala sculptures (11th/12th century). As such, she is similar to a
related c.10th century stele of Syamatara published in Huntington & 來源
Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree, Ohio, 1990, no.17. The two Eskenazi Ltd，米蘭，八十年代初期
sculptures share corresponding lotus petals as well. However, unlike 米蘭私人收藏
the published Syamatara, the present sculpture’s is largely plain,
which is common in Pala sculptures before the 11th century.

Provenance
Eskenazi Ltd, Milan, early 1980s
Private Collection, Milan

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