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尺寸：H. 22.7 cm
年代：13-14世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：尼泊尔
来源：拍卖会
成交：499,200美元(2026.03)
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A hardstone-inlaid gilt copper figure of Padmapani, Nepal, 13th / 14th century

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 2740.

来源:
Collection of Jack (1926-2017) and Muriel (1929-2019) Zimmerman, acquired in the 1960s.

纽瓦尔艺术家的精湛技艺，凝结于这尊经典尼泊尔立姿菩萨像的优雅身姿、慈悲目光、宝石与温润鎏金的精妙搭配之中。此像以宽肩细腰的青春匀称比例塑造，体现了理想化的佛教救度王子形象。右手垂下结施愿印（varada mudra），左手则持莲花茎，花蕾绽放于肩侧。莲花标识了其身份为莲花手菩萨（Padmapani）——尼泊尔最受欢迎的观音菩萨化身。菩萨优雅的三折枝立姿（tribhanga）是尼泊尔最受青睐的雕塑主题之一。可比较布鲁克林博物馆藏13世纪鎏金铜莲花手菩萨像（见乌尔里希·冯·施罗德（Ulrich von Schroeder）《印藏铜像》，香港，1981年，图版88G）；以及波士顿美术馆藏13世纪鎏金铜乌玛-摩诃提婆像（Uma-Maheshvara）中密切相关的雕塑细节与强烈而慈悲的目光（同上，图版89F）。

13至14世纪是尼泊尔艺术家的黄金时代。纽瓦尔雕塑家与画家在整个西藏以及元朝（1279-1368）蒙古宫廷都受到委托创作，但正是像这尊莲花手菩萨这样的作品，淋漓尽致地展现了为加德满都河谷信众所造的尼泊尔艺术中那精妙绝伦的本土风格。

The virtuosity of the Newar artist is encapsulated in the graceful posture, compassionate gaze, subtle combination of gems and warm gilding of this classic Nepalese standing bodhisattva. The statue is modelled with broad shoulders and slim waist in the elegant proportions of youth and the idealized Buddhist vision of a princely savior. The right hand is lowered in the wish-fulfilling gesture (varada mudra), and the left is positioned to hold the stem of the flower that blossoms at his shoulder. The lotus flower identifies the figure as Padmapani (lotus-bearer), the most popular emanation of Avalokiteshvara in Nepal. The bodhisattva’s elegant standing posture (tribhanga) is one of Nepal’s most favored sculptural themes. Compare the Brooklyn Museum’s 13th century gilt-copper Padmapani, illustrated in Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pl. 88G; and the closely related sculptural detail and intense but compassionate gaze of a 13th century gilt-copper Uma-Maheshvara in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ibid., pl. 89F.

The 13th and 14th centuries were golden eras for Nepalese artists. Newar sculptors and painters were commissioned throughout Tibet and by the Mongol court of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), but it is works like this Padmapani that convey the exquisite indigenous style of Nepalese art made for Kathmandu Valley patrons.