佛像网

尺寸：高13cm
年代：13-14世纪
质地：合金铜
风格：西藏 尼泊尔
来源：拍卖会
成交：23,750美元(2018.03)
参阅：纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
A COPPER FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61517
佛像网, 编号: 金刚总持:金刚总持119
5 3/4 in. (13 cm) high

西藏 十三/十四世紀 金剛總持銅像

The primordial Buddha seems eternally resting in meditation in this gentle figure. Vajradhara is the progenitor of the Vajrayana Buddhist system, typically occupying the first position in most teaching lineages. He represents the highest state of enlightenment, its abstract perfection, and the sum of all Buddhist teachings.

The sculpture's distinctive petals, derived from Licchavi models, vaulted baseplate underneath, and the dark, copper alloy are indicative of an early and unusual style informed by Newari craftsmen working in Tibet, shared by examples published by von Schroeder in Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol.II, Hong Kong, 2003, pp.1156-9, nos.305D-E & 306E, and one sold at Bonhams, New York, 13 March 2017, lot 3024.

此造像的莲瓣形态独特，源自李查维王朝的造像范式；其下方隆起的基座、深色的铜合金质地，均指向一种受尼瓦尔匠人影响的早期藏地特殊风格。这种风格特征可见于乌尔里希·冯·施罗德《西藏佛教造像》第二卷（香港，2003年）第1156-1159页编号305D-E与306E的造像记录，亦与邦瀚斯纽约2017年3月13日拍卖第3024号拍品（图录所示造像）具有显著共性。

Provenance
Collection of Ben Meulenbeld, former Curator of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, 1970s-2013
Marcel Nies Oriental Art, Antwerp
Acquired from the above at TEFAF Maastricht, March 2014