A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF BUDDHA VAJRASANATIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16716
18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.) high注脚This cheerful bronze recalls the moment of Buddha's enlightenment at Bodh Gaya. Gazing at the viewer, he has a particularly amiable countenance. His slender eyes, often seen in art of the Guge Kingdom in Western Tibet, are made more captivating by the use of silver and copper inlay. A bronze Akshobhya from Guge in the Museum Rietberg has similar facial features and rippled pleats above the base (Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment, Zurich, 1995, pp.70-1, no.29). Yet, similar lotus petals and the exact shape of the mouth are also represented on a standing Avalokiteshvara, suggesting Tsang in Central Tibet as an alternative place of production (von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2001, p.1192, no.323A). Also compare Sotheby's, New York, 20/21 September 1985, lot 134; and 21 September 1995, lot 51.

Provenance
Private Massachusetts Collection


錯銀錯紅銅金剛座佛陀銅像
西藏，十五或十六世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16716號
高18.5釐米（7 1/4英吋）

120,000-180,000港幣

這尊面容歡愉的佛像再現佛陀於菩提伽耶悟道之瞬間。佛陀雙目含笑，以尤為和藹可親之神態凝視觀者。其細長的眼睛時常可見於藏西古格王朝的造像或壁畫中，銀與紅銅的鑲嵌令其眼目更富神采。瑞特堡博物館現藏一尊古格阿閦佛銅像則帶有相似面部特徵以及蓮花座上橫向堆疊的衣褶（Uhlig，《On the Path to Enlightenment》，蘇黎世，1995年，頁70-1，編號29）。然而，另一尊觀音菩薩立像帶有與其十分類似的蓮花瓣與完全一致的嘴形，或許指出本拍品亦可能來自藏中地區（馮·施羅德，《西藏佛教造像》，卷二，香港，2001年，頁1192，編號323A）。兩尊蘇富比於紐約售出之造像亦可資比較，分別為1985年9月20或21日售出之拍品134，以及1995年9月21日售出之拍品51。

來源
麻薩諸塞州私人珍藏