佛像网

尺寸：23 x 11.9 x 6.8 cm
年代：北魏
质地：铜鎏金
风格：中原
来源：美国弗利尔美术馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Standing Bodhisattva Lotus holder Guanyin in relief against a flaming “mandorla;” inscription of 32 characters incised on four-legged base. Bronze gilded and much worn.

铭文:
(H.C. Lovell, 1974) The inscription reads: “Ta Wei Hsing-an erh-nien sui tsai kuei-ssu Chu-lu hsia Ch'u-yang ch'ing-hsin-nu Chao Lu-yuan wai mang tsu-fu mu ching tsao Kuan-Shih yin hsian” [Chn]
It can be rendered: “In the second year of Hsing-an of the Great Wei Dynasty [A.D. 453], cycle “kuei-ssu,” Buddhist Chao Lu-yuan (woman) of Ch'u-yang, in the proximity of Chu-lu, respectfully had this image of Kuan-yin made for her deceased grandparents.”
(See Curatorial Remark number 6)
The inscription reads: [Chn]
“Dai Wei Xingan ernian sui zai guisi Julu xia Quyang qingxin nu Zhao Luyuan wei wang zufumu jing zao Guanshiyin xiang” which can be translated: “Great Wei Dynasty, Xingan era second year (453 A.D.), year cycle guisi, the female believer Zhao Luyuan of Quyang, near Julu (present day Hebei), for the sake of her deceased grandparents respectfully had this image of Guanshiyin made.”
(See Curatorial Remark number 8)
方座的右侧刻有铭文题记曰： transcription by Chang Qing
大魏太和…/年/岁/在/癸巳…鹿
方座背部续刻铭文题记曰：
方座背部续刻铭文题记曰：

Previous custodian or owner
Meh Tuh Kee (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Provenance
To 1909
Meh Tuh Kee, Shanghai, to 1909 [1]
From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Meh Tuh Kee, Shanghai, in 1909 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:
[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 98, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.