A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHATIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16726
10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) high注脚This endearing Buddha image exhibits all the hallmarks of a cherished personal idol. The wear to the extremities and the glossy patina indicate centuries of propitiation. The sculpture also has an unusual dedicatory inscription written across Buddha's back. A well-defined vajra is incised on the front of its base. Compare its face and lotus pedestal with that of a four-armed Avalokiteshvara of a similar size in the John and Berthe Ford Collection (Denwood & Singer, Tibetan Art, Toward a Definition of Style, London, 1997, p.77, no.57).

Provenance
Private Swiss Collection, acquired in Pokhra, Nepal, late 1960s


銅鎏金佛陀像
西藏，十四世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16726號
高10.5釐米（4 1/8英吋）

65,000-95,000港幣

此尊令人愛不釋手的造像很可能是某位虔誠信徒無比珍愛的隨身佛。歷經數個世紀的供奉與敬拜，造像表面鎏金多有磨損，包漿油亮潤澤。佛陀背後刻有供奉銘文，不同尋常。其身前的蓮花座上刻有一隻精緻的金剛杵。造像的開臉與蓮瓣可與John與Berthe Ford收藏中的一件大小相當的四臂觀音菩薩比較（見Denwood與Singer，《Tibetan Art，Toward a Definition of Style》，倫敦，1997年，頁77，編號57）。

來源
瑞士私人珍藏，上世紀六十年代末購於尼泊爾博克拉