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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
3089
A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
TIANYOU YUANSHUAI

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The Daoist deity stands in a martial pose on a detachable stand,
holding various implements in his six hands, including a seal and two
wheels. The central face is flanked by two additional faces, all with
stern visages.
19 in. (48.5 cm.) overall height, box
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000

明 鎏金銅天佑大元帥立像
The current figure is very similar to a bronze figure of Tianyou Yuanshuai,
dating to the Wanli period, in the Daoist temple Baiyunguan in Beijing,
illustrated in Zhongguo daojiao shenxian zaoxiang daxi, Beijing, 2012, p. 99
(fig. 1). Both figures have similar representation of three faces, six arms,
partially bare upper torso, bare feet, hair tied in a cloth cap and similar
implements in the hands, suggesting they were possibly made around the
same period.

造像三頭六臂，正面三目，頭戴遠遊冠，手持火輪、法印、令牌等，赤雙足，

為道教星宿神天佑大元帥之造型。本造像與北京白雲觀藏一尊定年萬曆的
銅天佑大元帥造像非常接近，應為同期作品，可資比較（圖一），見《中國道
教神仙造像大系》，北京，2012年，頁99。
天佑元帥又稱天猷元帥，與天蓬、真武、黑煞合稱北極四聖。《道門通教心
用集》卷七稱天猷神將，「威制群魔，頭戴天圓，足履地方，冠帶九氣，結為
衣裳，日為圓象，月為圓光，身披北斗，六甲九章，左踞河魁，右倚天罡，能伏
邪鬼，爍除不祥，神丁一論，鬼穢消亡。」

fig. 1 A similar bronze figure of Tianyou Yuanshuai in the Daoist temple
Baiyunguan in Beijing
圖一 北京白雲觀藏造型相似的銅天佑元帥造像

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