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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA 銅鎏金彌勒佛像
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY 印度東北部，帕拉時期，十一/十二世紀
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61747 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61747號
8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.) high 高8.3釐米（3 1/4英吋）

HK$500,000 - 700,000 500,000 - 700,000 港元

Nestled within his headdress is a domed stupa that identifies this 憑藉人物髮髻上的佛塔可知此尊造像所塑造的是彌勒佛。彌勒佛是完
delightful figure as Maitreya. Maitreya is the embodiment of perfected 美慈愛的化身，此處呈「遊戲」坐姿，笑對眾生，雙手結說法印，
loving kindness. He sits in ‘royal ease’, smiling at the viewer. His 蓮花綻放於雙肩。彌勒即未來佛，於兜率天修行說法，等待下凡救
hands come together to further the Dharma, which causes lotuses to 度世人。
bloom and nuzzle by his shoulders. As the Future Buddha, Maitreya
preaches in his heavenly abode until it is time to usher in 此尊是較為少見的帕拉時期鎏金造像。其雅致圓渾的蓮瓣及精細的盛
the enlightened salvation of all beings. 裝是帕拉晚期風格的特點。一尊菩薩道舊藏的作明佛母與之關係密
切，後於蘇富比售出，香港，2017年10月3日，拍品3106號。
The sculpture is one of comparatively few Pala sculptures to survive
with its gilding. The fine, rounded lotus petals and intricate regalia 著錄
exemplify the late Pala style’s gem-like refinement. A closely related John Siudmak Asian Art，《印度與喜馬拉雅藝術》，倫敦，2016
Kurukulla, formerly of the Nyingjei Lam Collection, was sold at 年，頁41，編號33。
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 3106.
來源
Published 歐洲私人收藏
John Siudmak Asian Art, Indian and Himalayan Art, London, 2016,
p.41, no.33.

Provenance
Private European Collection