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尺寸：高79cm
年代：17-18世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：西藏
来源：拍卖会
成交：85,000欧元(2011.12)
参阅：巴黎佳士得
鉴赏：
IMPORTANTE STATUE DE VAJRADHARA EN BRONZE
TIBET, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
Représenté en vajrasana, les mains tenant à l'origine le vajra et la cloche ghanta aujourd'hui manquants, vêtu d'un dhoti, paré de bijoux, son visage serein, les cheveux coiffés en chignon, rescellé ; manques et restauration
Hauteur: 79 cm. (31 in.)

Provenance
From a Dutch private collector, acquired in the late 1990's.

Lot Essay
Vajradhara (Tib. Dorje Chang) is the ultimate primordial Buddha, or Adi Buddha, according to the Gelug and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In the evolution of Indian Buddhism, Vajradhara gradually displaced Samantabhadra, who remains the 'Primordial Buddha' in the Nyingma, or “Ancient School.” However the two are metaphysically equivalent. Achieving the 'state of vajradhara' is synonymous with complete realisation. According to the Kagyu lineage, Vajradhara is the primordial Buddha, the dharmakaya buddha. He is depicted as dark blue in color, expressing the quintessence of buddhahood itself and representing the essence of the historical Buddha's realization of enlightenment.

As such Vajradhara is thought to be the supreme essence of all (male) Buddhas (his name means 'The bearer of the thunderbolt'). It is the Tantric form of Sakyamuni which is called Vajradhara.

Tantras are believed to have been originally taught by the Tantric form of Sakyamuni called Vajradhara. He is an expression of Buddhahood itself in both single and yabyum form.

金刚总持（藏文：Dorje Chang）在藏传佛教格鲁派与噶举派中被奉为究竟的本初佛，亦称原初佛。在印度佛教的发展演进中，金刚总持逐渐取代了普贤王如来的地位，后者在宁玛派（即“古派”）中仍被视为“本初佛”。然二者在形而上学层面实为等同。证得“金刚总持果位”即等同于获得圆满成就。依据噶举传承，金刚总持是本初佛、法身佛，其形象常表现为深蓝色，诠释佛性之精髓，并象征着历史佛陀证悟的本质。

因此，金刚总持被视为一切（男性）佛陀的至高精髓（其名意为“持金刚者”），是释迦牟尼佛的密教化现。密续教法被认为最初由释迦牟尼的密教形相——金刚总持所传授。无论是单身像还是双身像，金刚总持皆是佛性本身的展现。