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A COPPER- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE This widely published figure of Padmapani Lokeshvara displays classic
OF PADMAPANI LOKESHVARA stylistic elements from Swat Valley, including the almond-shaped eyes
SWAT VALLEY, 8TH-9TH CENTURY with delicate silver inlay, the pronounced modeling of the muscles around
the navel with powerful upper torso, and the accentuated roundness of the
4√ in. (12.4 cm.) high
beaded jewelry. A diminutive figure of Amitabha is visible on the crown of the
$40,000-60,000 head, further confirming the identity of the bodhisattva. The back of the lotus
base bears an inscription.
PROVENANCE:
Collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf, Chicago, by 1981.
Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2000, lot 21. Prototypes of the unusual double-lotus throne with overlapping petals in the
Swat Valley can be seen as early as the seventh century, including a bronze
LITERATURE: figure of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in the collection of the Metropolitan
U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp. 84-85, Museum of Art, acc. no. 2012.247, as well as a contemporaneous Swat bronze
cat. no. 6B. figure of Avalokiteshvara offered at Bonhams Hong Kong, 2 October 2018,
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art lot 14.
from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 132, 309-10,
cat. no. 169.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24606. Compare the distinctive physiognomy, the right hand raised in varada mudra
and the tiered lotus base of the current work with further contemporaneous
斯瓦特地區 八/九世紀 銅嵌紅銅與銀蓮華手觀音坐像 bronzes depicting bodhisattvas, illustrated by U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan
Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp. 84-85, cat. nos. 6A, 6C—6E.
來源:
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮。阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥，不晚於1981年。
紐約蘇富比，2000年3月23日，拍品21。
出版:
烏爾裡希•馮•施羅德，《印度與西藏的銅造像》，香港，1981年，頁84-85，圖錄
編號6B，
P. Pal，《A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art
from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection》，芝加哥， 1997年，頁132及
309-10，圖錄編號169。
“喜馬拉雅藝術資源”（Himalayan Art Resources），編號24606。

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Cover and illustration from U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, Cover and illustration from P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and
Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago,
1981, p. 85.
1997, p. 132.