Page 34 - Bonhams Presencer Buddhist Art Collection Oct. 2 2018
P. 34
118
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA VAJRASANA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61648
23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.) high
HK$160,000 - 240,000
西藏 十五世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼坐像
The presence of the small vajra before Buddha’s ankles references
Shakyamuni’s enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in India. Its appearance in this 15th-
century Tibetan bronze, distinguishes the subject from the Presiding Buddha,
Akshobhya, who resides in a celestial abode, and is shown seated in the same
posture. Finely modeled with long limbs and a slender body, this gilded figure
demonstrates a different, Tibetan perception of the idealized body from Indian
models. For another example of this body type, see von Schroeder, Indo-
Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp.442-3, no.119C.
Provenance
Freddy Hansen, Copenhagen, 1970
32 | BONHAMS
