A COPPER ALLOY SHRINE TO CROWNED BUDDHA


NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61755 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.) high
|Pal discusses a closely related example of Crowned Buddha in the Bhansali Collection, where he suggests the pedestal represents a three-dimensional mandala on which the figure stands, worshiped by a miniature devotee (Pal, The Elegant Image, New Orleans, 2011, p.37, no.75). Images of Crowned Buddha are thought to extend Indic traditions of adoring a deity and using regal symbolism to convey spiritual dominion. Originating in Pala art, such images spread throughout Southeast Asia, China, and the Himalayas. Provenance Private Collection, Milan, late 1990s 寶冠佛銅像 印度東北部，帕拉時期，十二世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61755號高17.2釐米（6 3/4 英吋） 80,000–120,000港元 在討論Bhansali收藏的一尊相似的寶冠佛像時，帕爾博士指出此類造像的底座象徵一座三圍的壇城，主尊站立在壇城之上，接受下方信徒的朝拜（參見Pal，《The Elegant Image》，新奧爾良，2011年，頁37，75號）。印度藝術傳統借用皇室意象象徵神明在精神領域的權威，寶冠佛的形象可能來自於此，也可能與印度自古以來喜愛裝飾神像的傳統有關。雖然此形象起源於帕拉，但後來亦於東南亞、中國、及喜馬拉雅等地廣泛流傳。 來源 私人收藏，米蘭，九十年代末