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Property From The James And
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PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES AND MARILYNN ALSDORF COLLECTION
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A LARGE GRAY SCHIST FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA 古犍陀羅 二/三世紀 灰片岩雕菩薩立像
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY CE
62 in. (157.5 cm.) high 來源:
Parke Bernet藝廊，紐約，1971年4月3日，拍品編號65。
$60,000-80,000 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮・阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
PROVENANCE: 展覽:
Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 3 April 1971, lot 65. 芝加哥藝術博物館， A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan,
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago. and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf
Collection，1997年8月2日至10月26日，圖錄編號154。
EXHIBITED:
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, 出版:
and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf P. Pal，《A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast
Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997, cat. no. 154. Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection》，芝加
哥，1997年，頁125及307，圖錄編號154。
LITERATURE:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art
from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 125
and 307, cat. no. 154.

The present figure, as indicated by the lotus held in the left hand, represents
Padmapani, a manifestation of the bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara. The origins
and importance of Padmapani and other bodhisattvas were developed
with the rise of Mahayana Buddhism; he represents the compassion
of all Buddhas. Alongside the Buddha and the bodhisattva Maitreya,
Avalokiteshvara is considered one of the principle deities of early Gandharan
Buddhism. The base of the figure displays a scene depicting a homa, or fire
ritual, performed by a monk with three participants, one of whom is female.
During such rituals, the priest would pour ghee, or clarified butter, and
various ointments onto the blaze lit within the cauldron.

P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the
James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, p. 307 and cover.