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A RARE AND FINE WESTERN TIBETAN BRONZE AND COPPER-INLAID SEATED SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA, 12TH/14TH CENTURY
This figure is seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, his right hand in humisparamudra, his left hand resting on his lap and with a separate mandorla behind him. The back of the Buddha inscribed with Tibetan scripts.
For a similar but smaller example (18cm high), see Christie's New York, 21 March 2008, lot 592. Another related gilt smaller (14cm high) example, was sold at the same house on 21 September 2007, lot 185.
It's with an original authentication certificate issued by Hollywood Galleries, Hong Kong, 27th January, 1999 (Certification No. 609).
藏西 十二至十四世紀 銅錯紅銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像 附背光
佛陀結跏趺坐於蓮座，右手觸地印，左手禪定印，背光另鑄，背部刻有藏文銘文，鑄工精細，保存完好，為十四世紀藏傳佛教造像珍品。
源流：
墨爾本圖拉克資深私人舊藏，1999年購於香港東寶齋藝廊，附帶原始證書（編號609）
備註：
此尊大型釋迦牟尼佛造像端坐，神情專注，作觸地印以召大地見證其成道。造像風格特徵——尤其是略微修長的身軀與繁複的蓮座——清楚顯示其時代與來源。與此類佛像常見風格相同，其衣紋透視貼身，幾乎無裝飾。此地與時期的佛像常呈現稍微歪斜坐於底座之狀，此非原始製作所致，而是長久歲月中偶遭碰撞所致——底座一側明顯凹陷。蓮座中通常置放的聖物已不復存在，但即使去除了加持，此像仍展現強烈的內在力量。
此尊銅鑄護光環並非原屬，但與佛像年代相近，刻有兩隻神獸（vyala）立於兩頭承象之上，上方則有兩隻海獸（makara），象徵生命可能存在的各個界域。
——墨爾本蒙納士大學
戴維‧坦普曼（David Templeman）教授
25cm high (Buddha); 24.6cm high (mandolar); weight 1646g (not including stand)
Sold for $22,000
Lot 80
This figure is seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, his right hand in humisparamudra, his left hand resting on his lap and with a separate mandorla behind him. The back of the Buddha inscribed with Tibetan scripts.
For a similar but smaller example (18cm high), see Christie's New York, 21 March 2008, lot 592. Another related gilt smaller (14cm high) example, was sold at the same house on 21 September 2007, lot 185.
It's with an original authentication certificate issued by Hollywood Galleries, Hong Kong, 27th January, 1999 (Certification No. 609).
藏西 十二至十四世紀 銅錯紅銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像 附背光
佛陀結跏趺坐於蓮座，右手觸地印，左手禪定印，背光另鑄，背部刻有藏文銘文，鑄工精細，保存完好，為十四世紀藏傳佛教造像珍品。
源流：
墨爾本圖拉克資深私人舊藏，1999年購於香港東寶齋藝廊，附帶原始證書（編號609）
備註：
此尊大型釋迦牟尼佛造像端坐，神情專注，作觸地印以召大地見證其成道。造像風格特徵——尤其是略微修長的身軀與繁複的蓮座——清楚顯示其時代與來源。與此類佛像常見風格相同，其衣紋透視貼身，幾乎無裝飾。此地與時期的佛像常呈現稍微歪斜坐於底座之狀，此非原始製作所致，而是長久歲月中偶遭碰撞所致——底座一側明顯凹陷。蓮座中通常置放的聖物已不復存在，但即使去除了加持，此像仍展現強烈的內在力量。
此尊銅鑄護光環並非原屬，但與佛像年代相近，刻有兩隻神獸（vyala）立於兩頭承象之上，上方則有兩隻海獸（makara），象徵生命可能存在的各個界域。
——墨爾本蒙納士大學
戴維‧坦普曼（David Templeman）教授
25cm high (Buddha); 24.6cm high (mandolar); weight 1646g (not including stand)
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
There are a few areas of old restoration to the front and back of the lotus base, the right hand, and the right side of the chest. Minor old indentations are visible on the body, all consistent with age and use. The mandorla remains in overall good condition.
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