A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA


TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no. 61730 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.) high
|This beautifully proportioned sculpture depicts Shakyamuni touching the earth with soft and elegant fingers. By including a vajra on the lotus base, the sculptor evokes the moment of Shakyamuni's enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in Northeastern India. One's attention is then drawn to the gorgeous robe of densely patterned and beaded hems. The lines forming across his svelte body are reminiscent of the Gupta aesthetic, which are shared by two other Tibetan bronzes, one in the Alain Bordier Collection (von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of the Alain Bordier Foundation, Hong Kong, 2010, pp.34-5, no.14B), the other in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich (Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment, Zurich, 1995, pp.72-3, no.30). The distinctive lotus petals, of plump layers and incised edges, are closely related to that of an Ushnishavijaya also in the Rietberg (ibid., p.153, no.98). Provenance Private Swiss Collection, by 1990 Robert R. Bigler, Zurich, 2008 Xanadu Gallery, California, 2014 Private New York Collection 銅鎏金釋迦摩尼像 西藏，約十五世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61730號 高21.2釐米（8 3/8英吋） 250,000-350,000港元 釋迦摩尼佛身型俊美，比例勻稱，以優雅的手指輕觸蓮座，結觸地印。底座上橫置的金剛杵代表了釋迦摩尼在北印度菩提迦耶證悟的時刻。其身著華麗的袈裟，衣緣飾連珠紋，平行的多排衣摺頗具笈多王朝之遺風。參考另兩尊刻劃了類似平行衣紋的銅像，一為 Alain Bordier收藏，見施羅德，《Buddhist Sculptures of the Alain Bordier Foundation》，香港，2010年，頁34-5，14B號，另一收藏在蘇黎世的雷特博爾格博物館，詳見Uhlig，《On the Path to Enlightenment》，蘇黎世，1995年，頁72-3，30號。底座上的蓮瓣造型獨特，厚實的瓣萼邊帶有刻紋，與雷特博爾格博物館所藏的一尊尊勝佛母像十分相近（同上，頁153，98號）。 來源 瑞士私人收藏，1990年前Robert R. Bigler，蘇黎世，2008年 Xanadu Gallery，加州， 2014年 紐約私人收藏