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尺寸：高19cm
年代：9-10世纪
质地：合金铜(Copper alloy with silver inlay)
风格：东北印度 帕拉
来源：拍卖会
成交：34,000美元(2008.03)
参阅：纽约苏富比
鉴赏：
Manjusri
Copper alloy with silver inlay
Eastern India
古比特佛像网, 编号: 文殊菩萨344

Manjushri seated in sattvaparyankasana on a lotus pedestal supported by a tall lion throne, holding a text in the left hand with the right elegantly resting on the knee, eyes and urna inlaid in silver, a flower stem rising from the lotus pedestal up to the left shoulder and supporting three buds in the form of the three jewels, wearing heavy bodhisattva jewelry including asymmetric earrings, a ratnopavita strung across his left shoulder and over the chest, a separately cast prabhamandala behind showing rampant viyala standing on elephant heads and makara above, the pedestal inscribed on the reverse. Height: 7 1/2 in (19 cm)
circa 9th century

品相说明:
In fair condition overall, the surface slightly worn and pitted, the crevices containing accretion and traces of soil and pigments and the patina is rubbed on some of the high points.

Catalogue Note
This rare early Pala period bronze features an unusual pair of viyala on the prabhamandala that turn their heads to look back rather than to the front as is usual. The figures riding the backs of the viyala are uncommon in Pala period sculpture, but similar mounted viyala are seen on an eighth or ninth century eastern Indian Vairochana shrine in Khojarnath, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong Kong, 2001, p. 217, fig. III-3.