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尺寸：高16.5cm
年代：12世纪
质地：黄铜
风格：西藏
来源：拍卖会
成交：502,500港元(2020.12)
参阅：香港邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
A BRASS FIGURE OF BUDDHA VAJRASANA
TIBET, 12TH CENTURY
古比特佛像网, 编号: 释迦牟尼佛:释迦牟尼佛378
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16903
16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.) high
西藏 十二世紀 金剛座佛陀銅像

This bronze depicts Shakyamuni Buddha at the very moment of Enlightenment at Bodhgaya. Touching the goddess, Earth, with his right hand, he called her to witness his imperturbability in front of the assault of the demon Mara. It is with reference to this condition of serene beatitude that Shakyamuni's epiphany was called Akshobhya, meaning “Imperturbable”. Later, the followers of Buddhist esoteric schools represented the epiphany with their most important emblem, the vajra, which they interpreted as a symbol of the adamantine purity, indestructibility, and perfection of the Buddhist doctrine. That emblem is depicted at the center of this bronze's lotus base most distinctively, whereas it is normally placed horizontally resting on top of the base. The placement is similar to a roughly contemporaneous Bon figure which has a lion in the front of the lotus petals (von Schroeder, Buddhist Bronzes in Tibet, p.1145, no.299B.

The artist's decision has allowed more space for him to indulge in the ripples of Buddha's robe fanning out before the ankles. There is also a marked vigor in the way the artist has cast the robe billowing around Buddha's left arm, adding movement to the otherwise still and earnest portrait.

Provenance
Ex-Else Okada Collection, Japan
Private Collection, Milan, acquired in 2009