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崇聖御寶 - 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮 ·阿爾斯多夫珍藏

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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA 西藏或喜馬拉雅山西部 十二/十三世紀 銅嵌銀彌勒佛坐像
TIBET OR WESTERN HIMALAYAS, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
來源:
Seated in lalitasana with the right hand raised in vitarkamudra and the left held above the Peaceful Wind，美國新墨西哥州聖達菲，1990年9月20日。
knee, clad in a diaphanous sanghati incised with a stipple pattern and adorned with a sacred 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
thread and a foliate necklace, both inlaid with silver, the face with heavy lidded eyes
centered by an urna inlaid with silver, surmounted by a crown with a diminutive stupa at
center
4√ in. (12.3 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:
Peaceful Wind, Santa Fe, 20 September 1996.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

The stupa in the crown identifies the present figure as the bodhisattva Maitreya. This
lustrous and diminutive bronze is imbued with the elegant characteristics of early
Western Himalayan sculptural tradition: the tripartite crown secured with billowing
streamers; the highly arched brows; the twisted jatas cascading down the shoulders; the
shawl and dhoti incised with geometric and foliate motif; the beaded ornaments with
teardrop jewels; and the use of precious silver inlay at the urna, necklaces and sacred
thread.

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