A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAITREYA


TIBET, 13TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61756 10 cm (4 in.) high
|This lively sculpture of Maitreya has an engaging gaze and a gentle smile. He sits poised above a rounded lotus with his hands in the gesture of furthering the Dharma. An elegant knot dangles from his right knee. One of his identifying attributes, the kundika, rises from a lotus to his left shoulder, while the artist casts another lotus to his right to balance the composition. With Maitreya's high chignon, crown ribbons, light clothing - in fact in most manners - this fine, early Tibetan sculpture draws on the Pala style of Northeastern India, but is arguably more spirited. Compare with a Pala Maitreya in the British Museum (von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.283, no.69D).   Provenance Private Italian Collection, since 2004銅鎏金彌勒像 西藏，十三世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61756號 高10釐米（4英吋） 600,000-800,000港元 此尊生動的彌勒佛像目光迷人、微笑婉約，泰然自若地坐於蓮花寶座，雙手結說法印。右膝垂下一優雅的衣結，左肩處蓮花綻放，蓮花上的軍持為彌勒佛所特有。為平衡構圖，匠師亦將另一朵蓮花置於彌勒右肩。彌勒的高綰髮髻、寶冠緞帶，以及輕簡的裝束，借鑒了印度東北部的帕拉風格，但更具感染力。此像可與大英博物館一尊帕拉彌勒像相比較（參看施羅德著錄，《印度與西藏的銅造像》，香港，1981年，頁283，編號69D）。   來源 意大利私人收藏，自2004年