Page 53 - Christie's Buddhist Art May 29, 2019 Hong Kong

2711

2711 2712

A GILT-BRONZE KILA A WOOD FIGURE OF A THREE-FACED
DALI KINGDOM, 12TH CENTURY AND SIX-ARMED GUANYIN
DALI KINGDOM, 12TH CENTURY
The upper portion of the kila is cast with the upper torso of the three-
headed Vidyaraja with a pair of wings on the back, the hands in vairocana The figure of Guanyin is depicted with three heads, two of which have
mudra, rising from lotus petals surmounted by a double vajra, the lower wrathful expressions; and six arms, the principal left hand carrying a
portion in the form of a plain pointed dagger. The back is cast with a ring- precious pearl. His body is draped by elaborate bejewelled ornaments. He
loop attachment in the form of a coiled snake. sits on a rocky throne, with lotus petals and small devotional figures below
4 ¡ in. (11.1 cm.) high, box at the feet.
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000 17 º in. (44 cm.) high
Compare to a similar bronze kila but depicting a single-faced bodhisattva, HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
also wearing a double vajra crown and hands in the vairocana mudra,
excavated from the pagoda of Chongsheng Temple in Yunnan, currently
in the Yunnan Provincial Museum Collection, illustrated in Li Kunsheng, ૯ώ४ ډ̣ˠ☸ ᕱ㢯˕㤚Ս⦈⿭㦈ঙӏ
The Complete Works of Yunnan National Fine Arts: The Sculpture and
Painting Arts of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms, Kunming, 1999, no. 298.

૯ώ४ ډ̣ˠ☸ 㛵㕹㘌࡚㤚ỵ⢰ᒝ἖㕹׫៩

૯ώෙ⡾ണ˹੕ᕍ֨ॸˏͬ㘌ㇲ㕹׫៩䢲㢰៩ᇰ˖⬳Ⲭۺ݊ˏ㤚䢲΢Ւ㨾㐤া
ଫᆾᑟᓭሺڪǏ㦷ᆭ㕹׫ᖩഡիǏ⣎ྯ㞍ⶐྋ㘌‍⓼䢲⧀ᕴሠި㤖ັ㧛㏩䢲ή
ⳉ㣄ڙ⇈ښḵ㩉䢲⮏㙼ᑞᖍᒕ⢏⛷䢲Ǘڙぐ૯ώ४㢯ח❡₝Ⳕ⻒ǘ䢲ᒕᒝ䢲
ໝ䢲ॱ ǐ

50