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尺寸：高35.5cm
年代：清代 18世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：北京
来源：拍卖会
成交：1,322,500元(2019.12); 156,250美元(2017.06)
参阅：中贸圣佳 纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
此尊文殊2017年在纽约邦瀚斯上拍, 脸部泥金后, 2019年在中贸圣佳上拍.
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此尊文殊身穿天衣绸裙，珠宝璎珞装饰全身，庄严具足。左腿盘曲呈游戏坐于莲座之上，左手撑着莲台手拿一茎莲花，莲枝蜿蜒婀娜，顺肩而上，托莲花于肩头，花瓣之上分置宝剑。莲座由绿鬃白毛的狮子驮着。狮子乃万兽之王，在佛教中常以它作为释迦牟尼佛的象征，于是佛经就以“狮子吼”来比喻佛陀说法。坐骑雄狮姿态威猛，回首昂望作吼叫状，造型生动。下承稳重大方的仰覆式莲花座，莲花瓣硕大，饱满挺拔莲台上缘饰有一周圆润的连珠纹。整像造型端庄优美，鞍具垂帘其上錾刻祥云、花卉以及几何纹样，纹饰富于层次感，极为华丽。正中托起一个小型莲座，菩萨正好安坐其上。整体比例协调，文殊见肉泥金，工艺精湛，莲座与坐骑均铜鎏金，铜质精炼，鎏金饱满；而且品相完好，无论泥金、鎏金还是彩绘皆保存完好，属于乾隆宫廷造像中难得的佳作。类似的作品北京雍和宫收藏有一尊，二者在风格上极为相似，但中贸这尊体量更大，文殊菩萨身姿更加灵动，座下狮子更加威武生动，细节上更胜一筹。

参阅：雍和宫藏，清乾隆 铜鎏金文殊菩萨，高32厘米；《雍和宫佛像宝典》，北京出版社，2002年，68页。

A gilt copper alloy figure of Manjushri riding a lion
Qing dynasty, 18th century
古比特佛像网(fo.gubit.cn), 编号: 文殊菩萨227
The Bodhisattva of Wisdom identified by the sword raised on his left shoulder, seated in the lalitasana posture of royal ease atop a lotus-form plinth fitted onto the elaborate saddle of the separately cast beast holding his head to the side with roaring jaws agape, details to his ferocious expression, bushy tail, and elaborate caparison highlighted in colored pigments, all inserted onto a crisply cast ovoid double lotus plinth.
14in (35.5cm) high

Antoinette Gordon in The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism (Rutland: Tuttle, 1959), 68, describes this form of Manjushri seated in royal ease upon a lion throne as the Maharajalilamanjushri. The Royal Ontario Museum holds a closely related example, that appears to have been cast in a single piece, but otherwise seems to stem from the same design overall, see Himalayan Art Resources item no.77535

Provenance
with Shirikolab Tokyo photograph developed 13 July 1964