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IMPORTANTE STATUE DE VAIROCANA
EN CUIVRE
TIBET, CIRCA XVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté assis en vajrasana sur une base
lotiforme. Ses mains sont en bodhyagrimudra. Il
est paré de bijoux et vêtu d’un dhoti. Une écharpe
fotte au-dessus de ses épaules. L’expression de
son visage est sereine, son front est rehaussé de
l’urna. Ses cheveux sont coifés en un haut chignon
et rehaussé d’une couronne ; petite restauration.
Hauteur: 41 cm. (16 in.)
€150,000-200,000 $180,000-230,000
£140,000-180,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired by the present owner in the early 1990s.

AN IMPORTANT COPPER FIGURE OF
VAIROCANA
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
西藏 約十五世紀 銅大日如來坐像
來源：現藏家購於1990年代

The presented bronze fgure, Vairocana or the
‘Radiant One’, is one of the fve transcendental
Buddha’s and occupies the central position
amongst this group. He epitomises the blissful state
of Buddha perfection and transforms hatred and
ignorance into the wisdom of total understanding.
Vairocana is here represented in a special form
as his hands show the gesture of bodhyagrimudra
or the ‘wisdom fst’ in which the right fst clasps
the raised index fnger of the left hand. Normally
Vairocana’s hands form the gesture of turning the
wheel of the Buddhist Law (dharmacakramudra).
Otherwise Vairocana is shown as a meditating
bodhisattva, richly bejewelled and with a tall
chignon. Thus representing the ‘body of bliss’ and
meditated upon during advanced tantric rituals.

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