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尺寸：高13.3cm
年代：10-11世纪
质地：合金铜
风格：印度 帕拉
来源：拍卖会
成交：68,750美元(2017.03)
参阅：纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2376
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) high

印度東北部 帕拉時期 十／十一世紀 錯銀錯紅銅文殊菩薩銅像
古比特佛像网, 编号: 文殊菩萨221

The bronze has a pacifying seraphic face enhanced by silver inlaid eyes, copper lips, and copper sacred thread. The deity's supple body survives with a glossy, buttery patina that suggests the bronze's preservation in Tibet, as does the remains of blue pigment in his headdress. Meanwhile, distinctive features, such as the tall chignon and the raised platform above the lotus pedestal, evoke the extraordinary variations within the Pala style as the bronze casters of Northeastern India catered to an influx of foreign and domestic pilgrims visiting the kingdom's great sites and monasteries.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1990, lot 40
Gerry Virtue Collection, Sydney
Parkham Place Gallery, Sydney
Phillip Adams Collection, Australia, acquired 8 February 2000