拍品介绍： Featured standing in 'alidhasana' on prostrated bodies and animals on a lotus base; holding a consort and various attributes in the surrounding arms. Sold with associated wooden stand.
尺寸：H: 9 3/4, W: 6 3/4, D: 4 1/4 in. (H: 24.77, W: 17.15, D: 10.80 cm.)
Provenance：Private collection, Virginia.
来源：弗吉尼亞州私人收藏
Condition：Wear commensurate with age and use including scattered cracking and paint loss.
品相：品相基本良好，有细小的裂和磕，部分鎏金脱落和氧化磨损
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This Yamantaka figure is gilded, with nine heads, sixteen legs, and thirty-four arms in an outstretched posture. The nine heads, arranged in three layers, are representative of the nine mantras to suppress Yama, the God of Hell. The largest head has a gaping mouth and a buffalo head to symbolize Yama. It's accompanied by three smaller heads with fiery red hair on each side, symbolizing wrath. Right above the buffalo head is a angry head of a cannibal yakkha. At the top is the head of Manjushri, symbolizing generosity and peace. His two main arms gently hold a Wisdom Queen, while the remaining thirty-two arms are extended outward, with each hand holding a Dharma instrument, each with an individual meaning. The Wisdom Queen sits in Yamantaka's embrace, holding a vajra tomahawk in her right hand and a gabala bowl in her left. Her left leg wraps around Yamantaka's waist, and her right steps on a bird. Each of Yamantaka's eight left legs step on a beast, symbolizing eight sorts of achievements. The eight right legs each step upon a bird, signifying eight variations of freedom. The Yamantaka is adorned in exquisite accessories, including a five-skull crown and various jewelries, all finely carved. The figure stands upon an upside-down lotus seat, covered with orderly beads on the upper rim and ripe lotus petals on the lower rim. Yamantaka is the entity with the most complex visual appearance in Tibetan Buddhism. This bronze figure is heavy and firm, with a majestic display and intricate carving - a result of the strict quality expectations of the Qing imperial workshops.
The British Museum, No. 1880.157 figure 1; China Guardian, November 2019, Lot 3594.
本尊金剛爲銅鎏金，九頭三十四臂，呈展立姿。九頭表示九種鎮壓閻王的經咒，分三層排列。正中最大的爲水牛頭，血盆大口，象徵閻王，左右各有三小頭，紅髮上豎，象徵忿怒；居中往上一頭呈憤怒相，爲喫人夜叉名“參怖”；居中最高的頭爲文殊菩薩本像，象徵慈善和平。三十四臂與心、身、語一起爲菩薩成佛三十七路。主二臂抱明妃，外伸三十二臂，諸手皆持法器，各有寓意。明妃坐在主尊懷中，右手持鉞刀，左手持嘎巴拉碗，左腿勾在主尊腰間，右肢踩飛禽。主尊十六足象徵十六空。左腳踩八獸表示八種成就，右腳踩八禽表示八種自在。頭戴五骷髏冠，上身飾項圈瓔珞，頸掛人頭蔓，下身佩有繁密的瓔珞，製作精緻，流暢自如。束腰式仰覆蓮座，上緣連珠紋一週，下有蓮花瓣一週，排列規整，蓮瓣扁平挺拔。大威德金剛.在藏傳佛教中造型最爲複雜，此尊造像胎體厚重結實，造型規整大方，雕刻繁複精細，體現出清代宮廷造像對選材、對細節的嚴苛追求。
大英博物館館藏，編號1880.157 見圖１；嘉德拍賣2019年11月拍賣，編號3594。