A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA


NEPAL, 16TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61752 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) high
|Here Chakrasamvara is depicted with an unusually benevolent countenance, as if deeply touched by the gaze of his consort. Yet his presence remains powerful, heightened by the weapons in his hands, and his legs in a wide stride, easily crushing the prostrate gods below. The characteristically Nepalese base, with multi-layered pointy petals and prominent beaded rims, is shared by a gilt bronze Vajrabhairava published in Grewenig & Rist (eds), Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces, Völklingen, 2016, pp.338-9, no.142. Also compare Vajravarahi's girdle and the posture of the prostrate figures to a closely related Chakrasamvara, dated 1576, published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp.376-7, no.100D. 銅鎏金勝樂金剛像 尼泊爾，十六世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61752號 高10.5釐米（4 1/8 英吋） 450,000 - 550,000港元 此尊勝樂金剛面容罕有的慈祥，猶如深受明妃目光感召。然而其凜然氣勢絲毫不減，手持利器，雙腿闊跨，牢牢踩住腳底諸神。 底座呈典型尼泊爾風格，其多層尖細的花瓣及連珠紋邊緣與另一尊銅鎏金大威德金剛異曲同工，參見Grewenig & Rist所編 ，《Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces》，弗爾克林根，2016年，頁338-9，142號。而明妃金剛亥母的腰帶樣式及主尊腳下諸神的姿態，亦與另一尊創作於1576年的勝樂金剛至為接近，參見施羅德，《印度與西藏的銅造像》，香港，1981年，頁376-7，號100D）。