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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
SOLD TO BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES IN ASIA
亞洲私人珍藏 — 有關收益將捐贈予亞洲精神健康慈善機構
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A GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF 清乾隆 鎏金銅錘鍱違藍佛坐像
VELAMA BUDDHA 「大清乾隆年敬造」刻款
QIANLONG INCISED SEVEN-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795) 來源
The deity is shown seated in dhyanasana with his hands in 香港蘇富比,1989 年 11 月 15-16 日,拍品 586 號
bhumisparsa mudra, the shoulders covered with a shawl and 重要亞洲珍藏
the long robes open at the chest and tied at the midriff. His face
has a benevolent expression with downcast eyes, bow-shaped 紐約蘇富比,2011 年 9 月 14 日,拍品 325 號
mouth flanked by long pendulous ear lobes, his hair arranged 佛陀全跏趺坐,右手下垂作觸地式,左手施冥想印。身穿袈裟,袒露前
in tight curls rising to a domed usnisha. The lotus plinth is 胸,雙眼目光垂視,雙唇略帶微笑,神情莊重慈祥。下承雙層蓮座,蓮
incised to the top with a five-syllable Tibetan inscription 座頂面刻有五字藏文,意思為「一切義見【如來】」。近足處正面刻「大
rendered in Uchen script reading sa-rvā-rtha-da-rshī, 'He Who 清乾隆年敬造」款,款右邊刻「違藍佛」,左邊刻四字藏文,意思為「遍
Sees All Goals'; the front side near the bottom with a Chinese 知三時 ( 過去、現在、未來 ) 佛」。兩側各刻滿文銘文。
inscription reading Da Qing Qianlong nian jingzao, ‘Respectfully
made during the Qianlong reign’, flanked by another Chinese
inscription on the right reading Weilan Fo ‘Buddha Weilan’, and
a four-syllable Tibetan inscription in Uchen script on the left
reading Dus-mkhyen-rgyal-po, '(Three)-Time-Knowing Lord'.
The two narrow sides are further inscribed with two sets of
Manchu script.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, box
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15-16 November 1989, lot 586
Property from an important Asian collection
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2011, lot 325
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