佛像网

尺寸：高34cm
年代：15-16世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：西藏
来源：拍卖会
成交：未成交(2018.03)
参阅：纽约苏富比
鉴赏：
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA Tibet, 15th/16th Century
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13478.
佛像网, 编号: 92104

Provenance
Yan Wing Arts Co., Hong Kong, 1991-1995.

Catalogue Note
The superbly cast sculpture depicts the Dhyani Buddha Vajradhara seated in vajraparyankasana; his hands crossed in front of his chest in vajrahumkaramudra holding a ghanta in the left hand and a vajra in the right, signifying the union of wisdom and compassion. His five-pronged crown represents the five qualities of Buddhahood. His long tresses are arranged in an elegant topknot surmounted by a vajra finial. He is adorned in a rich suite of accoutrements or bodhisattvabharana which are further highlighted by a vibrant inlay of turquoise and lapis lazuli.

Vajradhara is revered as the primordial or Adi Buddha. His mantra – aum ah Guru Vajradhara hum! – pays obeisance to the one who embodies the highest level of Enlightenment.

The elongated torso with cinched waist and slender hips on which the dhoti is worn low secured by a jeweled girdle is reminiscent of earlier, Pala prototypes which constituted the primary influence for sculptural styles in Nepal and Tibet. See Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, vol. II, Hong Kong, 2001, pl. 256 A and pl. 256C for fourteenth century sculptures of Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya with similar slender physiognomy.

此尊造像铸造精湛，表现金刚总持结金刚跏趺坐，双手于胸前结金刚哞迦罗印，左持金刚铃，右握金刚杵，象征智慧与慈悲的合一。其五叶宝冠代表佛的五种品质。长发挽成雅致高髻，顶饰金刚杵顶严。周身佩戴繁复的菩萨宝饰，镶嵌鲜艳的绿松石与青金石，更显华美。

金刚总持被尊为本初佛或原初佛。其心咒——嗡 阿 古鲁 哇佳达拉 吽！——礼敬那证得最高觉悟的圣尊。

其身形颀长，腰部内收，胯部纤秀，低系镶宝腰带兜提，令人想起早期帕拉风格的造像原型，这些原型对尼泊尔与西藏的雕塑风格产生了主要影响。参阅乌尔里希·冯·施罗德《西藏佛教雕塑》第二卷（香港，2001年）图版256A与256C，可见十四世纪的观音与弥勒造像具有类似的纤秀体态。

品相报告:
Good overall condition with traces of cold gilding and polychromy to face, neck and hair. Some bending to crown and finial elements. Accretion and wear to gilding throughout. Lower part of bell in proper right hand now missing. Loss to gilding and 1 in. crack along fabric element at proper right shine. Figure and base separately cast, base now missing.