
Mark Rasmussen
International Director
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HK$800,000 - HK$1,200,000
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Seated above a leafy lotus platform popular throughout Bhutanese sculpture, the primordial Buddha Vajradhara, and root deity of many tantric teachings, is finely cast with great volume and scale. A portrait of Je Tshultrim Gyaltsen of similar size shares the same crown style, tightly bound two-tiered chignon, and short curved ribbons behind the ears (see Bartholomew & Johnston (eds), The Dragon's Gift, Honolulu, 2003, p.359, no.95). Also compare a closely related figure of Amitayus in the Nation Museum of Bhutan, Paro, published in Pommaret et al., Bhutan: trobada amb els déus a l'Himàlaia, Barcelona, 1998, p.93, no.5.
Provenance
Private Asian Collection
金剛總持銅像
不丹,十九世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網2435號
高42釐米(16 1/2英吋)
800,000-1,200,000港元
金剛總持乃原始佛,諸多密宗教法均以其為根基。此尊造像體量碩大,鑄造精美,刻畫金剛總持結跏趺坐於枝葉繁茂的蓮花寶座之上,此類蓮座備受不丹藝術家之青睞。一尊尺寸相近的慈誠堅贊像在寶冠風格、雙層髮髻、及耳後髮帶等細節上均與本拍品類似(參見Bartholomew與Johnston(編),The Dragon's Gift,檀香山,2003年,頁359,95號)。另比較一尊緊密相關的藏於不丹國立博物館的無量壽佛像,出版於Pommaret及其他,Bhutan: trobada amb els déus a l'Himàlaia,巴塞羅那,1998年,頁93,5號。
來源
亞洲私人珍藏