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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 西藏 十四世紀 鎏金銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 來源 :
SHAKYAMUNI 紐約佳士得，2001年3月21日，編號119
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
H. 21 cm, 8¼ in.

PROVENANCE
Christie’s, New York, 21st March 2001, lot 119.
Figure du Bouddha Shakyamuni en bronze doré, Tibet, XIVe
siècle
‡ ○ 25 000-35 000 €

The finely modelled and richly fire-gilded statue depicts the The figure was cast independently from a base, as was
iconographic form of Shakyamuni in which the historical relatively common in the period. And not uncommon in
Buddha is seated with legs folded in the yogic meditation bronzes modelled in the Nepalese manner is the post-casting
posture (vajraparyankasana) and the right hand reaching tradition of adding a separate section of the robe behind the
forward (bhumisparsha mudra), recalling the episode in left arm of a fully robed figure, now missing on this statue,
which he triumphs over Mara and his horde of demons affording the artist access to achieve naturalistic modelling of
(maravijaya) just prior to his enlightenment, and touches the the torso in the round: for another fully robed figure missing
earth to bear witness to his triumph. Although the modelling this section see Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes,
of the statue is ultimately derived from Nepalese traditions, Hong Kong, 1981, pp. 448, pl. 122A. Worth noting also, as is
the style of the face is uniquely Tibetan with slanting eyes, often the case in Tibetan sculpture of this period, that the
aquiline nose, and a square protruding chin. Traces of matt right arm and the left hand are separately cast and applied.
gold paint on the face and neck, red on the lips, and azurite The section of the Buddha’s outspreading robe below the
blue in the tight hair curls of the head and domed ushnisha ankles is also separately made and attached post casting.
are indications of Tibetan worship, whereby the statue is
enlivened during ritual practice.

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