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尺寸：高11.1cm
年代：13-14世纪
质地：黄铜
风格：西藏 帕拉
来源：拍卖会
成交：40,000美元(2018.03)
参阅：纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
此像应该为13-14世纪西藏制作
Artemis注 – 2020/05/05

A BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
TIBET, PALA STYLE, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61518
4 1/4 in. (11.1 cm) high

西藏 帕拉風格 十二/十三世紀 文殊菩薩銅像
古比特佛像网(fo.gubit.cn), 编号: 文殊菩萨231

This sweet figure of Manjushri shows him in his most popular form, seated in vajraparyankasana, each hand holding a stem of ripened lotuses flowering into teachings and a sword of wisdom by the shoulders. Showing signs of prolonged ritual use within the culture, his face, hands, and feet are worn smooth.

The tall ovoid face, triangular crown type with prominent side ribbons, and short narrow lotus leaves, represent the Pala style copied in Tibet during, and shortly after, the Chidar (10th-12th centuries). Compare with a Buddha in a private collection in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.423, no.109C. The bold employ of inset turquoise, a stone prized among Tibetans, is another indicator of Tibetan creation. A slightly more elaborate treatment of such inset jewelry on a 13th-century Tara in the Jokhang is published in von Schroeder, Buddhist Bronzes in Tibet, Vol II, Hong Kong, 2001, p.1182, no.318A.

Provenance
Collection of Edward de Leeuw, the Netherlands, 1980s-2006
Marcel Nies Oriental Art, Antwerp, January 2007