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尺寸：高18.7cm
年代：11世纪
质地：合金铜嵌银
风格：西藏西部 克什米尔
来源：拍卖会
成交：不详(2016.03)
参阅：纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
A silver inlaid copper alloy figure of Vajrapani
Kashmir, circa 11th century
Holding a vajra in his right hand, his left resting on his hip while a long garland undulates around the crooks of his arms, he stands on a lotus plinth with lions and dancing yaksha, encompassed by a flaming mandorla which arches slightly to the left.
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm) high

克什米爾地區 約十一世紀 銅錯銀金剛手菩薩像
参阅: 古比特佛像网, 编号: 金刚手菩萨099

Vajrapani, who holds his attribute, the thunderbolt, is often paired with Avalokiteshvara as attendants to Shakyamuni, where he represents wisdom and Avalokiteshvara, compassion. This context might explain the leftward arch of his mandorla to balance an overall triad.

Kashmiri figures of Vajrapani are rare compared to more common bronzes of Avalokiteshvara. Compare the composition with a closely related six-armed Lokesvara in Pal, The Bronzes of Kashmir, New York, 1975, no. 52. Both pieces have broad necklaces, defined kneecaps, double-striped dhotis, and a rectangular waisted base. Another very closely related two-armed Padmapani, without the base, sold Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1992, lot 90. Also compare similar lions and yaksha in the base with that of a seated Prajnaparamita in the British Museum (acc. #1966.6-16.2; von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 132, no. 23A), and another in Zangchuan fojiao zaoxiang-Gugong bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji, Hong Kong, 2008, p. 108, no. 103.

Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/61438

Provenance
Private Collection, USA
Acquired in London, c. 1988