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fig. 1
Copper and bronze seated statue of Buddha
Qing court collection
© Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing

圖一
銅及紅銅佛坐像
清宮舊藏
© 北京故宮博物院藏品

This finely cast sculpture depicts the Buddha seated in 此像造工精緻，展現釋迦牟尼於菩提伽耶悟道成佛之狀。佛
bhumisparsa mudra on a stepped throne, commemorating 像坐於透飾金剛寶座，魔羅魔兵擾阻之際，釋迦召地神為
the moment he attained enlightenment at Bodhgaya. The 其作證。參考一尊十一世紀帕拉婆羅銅像，造型及紋飾相
figures on the openwork throne represent the earth goddess 類，印度新德里國家博物館藏，載於 David Weldon 及 Jane
whom Buddha called to witness in his battle with Mara and Casey Singer，前述出處，圖28-29。該書作者相信新德里銅
his demonic hoards, and a donor. An eleventh century Pala 像，以及連同此像在內最少六尊造形相同之銅像，或依照現
bronze of similar iconography and decoration in the National 已佚失之摩訶菩提寺石雕而創製。
Museum, New Delhi, is discussed and illustrated by David
Weldon and Jane Casey Singer, The Sculptural Heritage of 參考兩尊著名近例，其一出自清宮舊藏，存於北京故宮
Tibet, loc.cit., figs 28-29, where they conject that the whole 博物院，載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．藏傳佛教
group of this iconography, of which the current sculpture is an 造像》，香港，2008年，圖版66（圖一）。其二屬 John
example of at least six, may be based on an original image in D. Rockefeller 三世收藏，載於 Denise Patry Leidy，
stone at the Mahabodhi Temple, now lost. 《Treasures of Asian Art. The Asia Society’s Mr. and Mrs.
John Rockefeller 3rd Collection》，紐約，1994年，圖66
The current sculpture is closely related to two famous 。兩者尺寸相近，造型相同，寶座、坐墊紋飾精緻，款式罕
examples, one from the Qing Court Collection, preserved in 見。佛像通體鎏金，配以紅銅袈裟，用材巧妙對比，可見藏
the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Buddhist Statues 西喀什米爾傳統。然而本品之人物、寶座及坐墊造型，皆隨
of Tibet: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace 婆羅傳統而作。另有一例，相近透飾寶座，藏於布達拉宮，
Museum, Hong Kong, 2008, pl. 66 (fig. 1); the other in the 載於烏爾裡希．馮．施羅德，《西藏佛教雕塑》，卷1，香
John D. Rockefeller III Collection, illustrated in Denise Patry 港，2001年，編號85A，定為後婆羅風格，斷代十一至十二
Leidy, Treasures of Asian Art. The Asia Society’s Mr. and 世紀。另一近例，珠飾鑲座，售於紐約蘇富比1999年3月25
Mrs. John Rockefeller 3rd Collection, New York, 1994, fig.66. 日，編號60。
Of similar size and identical iconography, they all share the
same rare design of the elaborate throne and cushion. The
skilful use of two contrasting metals – red copper for the
robe and a copper alloy for the body of the Buddha – reflects
the influence of Kashmiri traditions from western Tibet, but
the overall design of the figure, throne and cushion closely
follow Pala traditions. See also another example with similar
openwork throne in the collection of the Potala Palace,
illustrated by Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in
Tibet, Hong Kong, 2001, vol. 1, no. 85A, catalogued as ‘late
Pala style, eleventh/twelfth century’. Another closely related
example from the same group of figures, differing in the form
of the beaded base, was sold in our New York rooms, 25th
March 1999, lot 60.

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