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fig. 1 A gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin, Yuan-early Ming dynasty
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 1998, Lot 601
圖一 元 / 明初 鎏金銅觀音像
香港佳士得 1998 年 4 月 26 日 拍品 601 號

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The modelling of the present figure seated at ease with the left leg 「水月」原意為水中之月，佛經中引意佛法皆無實體。相信源自中國五世
pendent is often termed by the name of the Water Moon Guanyin 紀初翻譯佛經《華嚴經·入法界品》：「爾時善財童子……漸漸遊行至光
or Nanhai Guanyin (the Avalokitesvara of the Southern Seas). Both 明山，登彼山上周遍推求。見觀世音菩薩住山西阿，處處皆有流泉浴池，
names refer to the Guanyin residing at Mount Potalaka on the 林木鬱茂地草柔軟。結跏趺坐金剛寶座，無量菩薩恭敬圍繞，而為演說大
southern coast of India. This imagery was introduced into China 慈悲經。國南濱海有秣刺耶山……秣刺耶山東有布咀洛迦山。山徑危險，
with the translation of the Avatamsaka (Huayan) sutra in the early
5th century. 岩谷奇傾。山頂有池，其水澄鏡流出大海，周流繞山二十匝入南海。池側
有石天宮，觀自在菩薩往來游舍。」
Compare to a later gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin which is slightly
smaller (38.7 cm. high) but remarkably similar in posture and style, 比較新田棟一舊藏一尊年代稍晚、造型相仿但尺寸略小（38.7 公分）的
formerly in the Nitta Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 鎏金銅觀音像，拍賣於香港佳士得，1998 年 4 月 26 日，拍品 601 號
April 1998, lot 601 (fig. 1). （圖一）。

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