佛像网

尺寸：高16.5cm
年代：15-16世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：西藏
来源：拍卖会
成交：193,750美元(2019.03)
参阅：纽约佳士得
鉴赏：
A SILVER- AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA
TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

Provenance
Christie's New York, 25 March 2004, lot 145

Three-faced, eight-armed Ushnishavijaya, goddess of longevity and the fulfillment of earthly desires, holds her six hands in various mudras, carrying a vishvavajra, a small Amitabha on a lotus, and arrow, a bow, a lasso and vase. Ushnishavijaya combines aspects of three goddesses manifest in her three faces, each of which is associated with a particular aspiration. She is often invoked in old age ceremonies such as the Bhimaratha ritual practiced by the Newar at the age of seventy-seven, in which people are prepared for the afterlife in the Western Paradise. While the carefully inlaid embellishments on her dhoti are a product of Indian influence, the lotus base, physique, facial features, and ornamentation are demonstrably Tibetan.

Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 24474.