A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA


NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 9TH/10TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61727 11 cm (4 1/4 in.) high
|The caster delicately models Shakyamuni's right hand in the gesture of charity towards all sentient beings. The stepped plinth and double-lotus construction underneath is idiomatic of 9th/10th century bronzes from Nalanda and Kurkihar (cf. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp.255-57, nos.55C & 56B). As an early Pala bronze, the heavy-lidded eyes, puckered lips, and sheer robe, readily show vestiges of the Gutpa ideal developed at Sarnath (cf. Pal, The Ideal Image, New York, 1978, p.68, no.15).   Provenance Private European Collection 釋迦牟尼銅像 印度東北部，帕拉時期，九/十世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61727號 高11釐米（4 1/4英吋） 80,000-120,000港元 釋迦牟尼右手施予願印，賜福於眾生。梯級式基座配雙排蓮花座結構常見於公元九/十世紀那爛陀及庫基哈爾造像（參見施羅德，《印度與西藏的銅造像》，香港，1981年，頁255-57，55C及56B號）。此尊早期帕拉銅像厚重的眼簾、抿唇及輕薄簡練的迦裟皆承襲了鹿野苑形成的笈多遺風（參閱Pal，《The Ideal Image》，紐約，1978年，頁68，15號）。 來源 歐洲私人收藏