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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA 銅鎏金釋迦摩尼像
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY 西藏,約十五世紀
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 61730 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61730號
21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.) high 高21.2釐米(8 3/8英吋)
HK$250,000 - 350,000 250,000 - 350,000 港元
This beautifully proportioned sculpture depicts Shakyamuni touching 釋迦摩尼佛身型俊美,比例勻稱,以優雅的手指輕觸蓮座,結觸地
the earth with soft and elegant fingers. By including a vajra on 印。底座上橫置的金剛杵代表了釋迦摩尼在北印度菩提迦耶證悟的
the lotus base, the sculptor evokes the moment of Shakyamuni’s 時刻。其身著華麗的袈裟,衣緣飾連珠紋,平行的多排衣摺頗具笈
enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in Northeastern India. One’s attention is 多王朝之遺風。參考另兩尊刻劃了類似平行衣紋的銅像,一為 Alain
then drawn to the gorgeous robe of densely patterned and beaded Bordier收藏,見施羅德, 《Buddhist Sculptures of the Alain Bordier
hems. The lines forming across his svelte body are reminiscent of the Foundation》,香港,2010年,頁34-5,14B號,另一收藏在蘇黎世
Gupta aesthetic, which are shared by two other Tibetan bronzes, one 的雷特博爾格博物館,詳見Uhlig,《On the Path to Enlightenment》
in the Alain Bordier Collection (von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of ,蘇黎世,1995年,頁72-3,30號。底座上的蓮瓣造型獨特,厚實
the Alain Bordier Foundation, Hong Kong, 2010, pp.34-5, no.14B), 的瓣萼邊帶有刻紋,與雷特博爾格博物館所藏的一尊尊勝佛母像十分
the other in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich (Uhlig, On the Path to 相近(同上,頁153,98號)。
Enlightenment, Zurich, 1995, pp.72-3, no.30). The distinctive lotus
petals, of plump layers and incised edges, are closely related to that 來源
of an Ushnishavijaya also in the Rietberg (ibid., p.153, no.98). 瑞士私人收藏,1990年前
Robert R. Bigler,蘇黎世,2008年
Provenance Xanadu Gallery,加州, 2014年
Private Swiss Collection, by 1990 紐約私人收藏
Robert R. Bigler, Zurich, 2008
Xanadu Gallery, California, 2014
Private New York Collection
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