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A VERY RARE SILVER AND COPPER- INLAID
BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

TIBET, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

The Buddha is seated in dhyanasana, with his right hand lowered in
bhumisparshamudra and his left hand in dhyanamudra. He wears a flowing
sanghati with incised borders, and his face is downcast with elongated eyes
and a benevolent expression, and flanked by long pendulous earlobes. The
hair is arranged in spiral curls over the ushnisha and topped by a finial.

16√ in. (43 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
A German private collection, acquired in 1969

While a few comparable examples exist in private collections, very rarely
have such significant bronze figures of Buddha from this period come to
the market. Compare the present figure with an important bronze figure
of Amoghasiddhi Buddha from circa 1200, sold in The Sublime and the
Beautiful: Asian Masterpieces of Devotion sale at Christie’s New York, 20
March 2014, lot 1614 (fig. 1).

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
number N115a70 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

西藏 十二／十三世紀 嵌銀銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像 fig. 1
An important bronze figure of Amoghasiddhi Buddha, circa 1200
佛陀全跏趺坐，右手下垂作觸地式，左手施冥想印，指甲嵌紅銅。身穿
袈裟，袒露右肩，衣襬浮刻花紋。雙目眼白處嵌銀，目光垂視，雙唇嵌 (圖一) 約公元1200年 銅不空成就佛坐像
紅銅，略帶微笑，神情莊重慈祥。頭髮滿飾螺旋小卷，髻上有鎏金銅寶珠
頂。

來源
德國私人珍藏，入藏於1969年

近似例雖可見於私人珍藏，但如同此尊尺寸及重要性的例子於
公開市場上則甚為罕見。比較一尊約1200年造的銅不空成就佛
像，2014年3月20日於紐約佳士得拍賣，拍品1614號 (圖一)。

此尊佛像經牛津熱釋光測年法測試（測試編號 N115a70），證實
與本圖錄之定年符合。

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