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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 BRONZE ALTAR TRIAD OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA 印度北部 奧里薩邦帕拉王朝 十一/十二世紀
NORTHEASTERN INDIA OR ORISSA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH-12TH CENTURY 銅四臂觀音坐像
The central figure seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base over a stepped plinth, the 來源:
lower hands held in anjalimudra and the upper hands holding a mala and a lotus, flanked Spink and Son Ltd，倫敦，1974年6月18日。
on either side by diminutive images of the same bodhisattva, all backed by a flaming 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
aureole surmounted by a stupa
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE:
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 18 June 1974.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

LITERATURE:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and
Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 139 and 312, cat. no. 179.

As Buddhism flourished under the Pala rulers, there was a surge in pilgrimage
among Buddhist practitioners and laypeople to sacred sites associated with Buddha
Shakyamuni. Portable bronze sculptures played a crucial role in the propagation of
Buddhist iconography throughout the region.

Compare the serene expressions, foliate nimbus, and stepped plinth in the present lot
with a related triad sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2012, lot 740.

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