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国内拍卖首页 > Galerie Zacke > 第一天——精美的亚洲艺术、佛教与印度教 > Lot 0014
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA AKSHOBHYA, PROBABLY JONANG LINEAGE, TIBET, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Superbly cast seated in dhyanasana atop a lotus pedestal raised on a waisted plinth draped with a cloth flanked by addorsed elephants, all richly beaded and supported on three short scroll-form feet. His right hand is lowered in bhumisparsha mudra and the left held above the lap, the deity is clad in a voluminous dhoti pooling elegantly at the feet and a billowing celestial scarf framing the shoulders and arms, his lithe body generously adorned with minutely beaded jewelry.The finely cold-painted face bearing a serene expression marked by sinuously lidded eyes, gently arched brows, and red-painted lips forming a subtle smile, flanked by long pendulous lobes suspending circular floral earrings. The blue hair pulled up into a high chignon topped by a foliate finial behind the five-leaf tiara, which along with the jewelry and drape over the base is skillfully inlaid with turquoise and coral. Provenance: From a noted private collection in Pully, Vaud, Switzerland.Condition: Very good condition with expected wear and casting irregularities, few minuscule nicks and small dings, light surface scratches, rubbing and minor losses to gilding, minor losses to inlays with some possibly renewed.Weight: 1,810 gDimensions: Height 23 cmThis richly gilded bronze figure depicts Akshobhya Buddha in the sambhogakaya or enjoyment-body form. The Transcendental Buddha Akshobhya, meaning He Who is Unshakeable, is recognizable by his peaceful, bodhisattva-like appearance, the right hand in earth-touching gesture, and the left palm upturned holding a vajra. While most vajras on similar sculptural works were lost, the current work is distinguished for retaining the vajra in the left hand. Akshobhya Buddha is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality. Akshobhya is associated with the eastern direction and is Lord of the second of the Five Buddha Families described in the tantras; he is also featured in the corpus of Mahayana sacred literature, most notably the Vimalakirti Nirdesha Sutra. The great Tibetan yogi, Milarepa, and the important scholar, Sakya Pandita, are known to have achieved complete Buddhahood in Abhirati, the Pure Land governed by Akshobhya.Expert's note: The sculpture's combination of a lotus pedestal and a waisted plinth underneath Akshobhya was a popular device in Central Tibet between the 13th and 15th centuries, certainly used at least by the Kagyu order and most gloriously repeated in the sculptures of Densatil Monastery. Compare two related 14th-century bronzes with similar arrangements published by Ulrich von Schroeder, in Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p.188, no.38B, and in?Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. II, 2003, pp. 1036-1037, no. 258C. Meanwhile, the iconography also draws on a much longer tradition in Nepal, as evidenced by examples dated to the 10th and 11th centuries, published by von Schroeder in Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. I, 2003, p. 470, no. 146A-B, and Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, p. 326, no. 85A-B. This convergence becomes all the more interesting considering that Newari artists were employed by the Kagyu to build their tashi gomang stupas.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related gilt-bronze figure depicting the same subject, with a small figure of a consort in front, dated to the 15th century, in the collection of the Dzamtang Tsangwa Monastery in southern Amdo, illustrated by Jeff Watt on Himalayan Art Resources, item number 8485, where the author notes this sculpture belongs to the Jonang lineage, a tradition of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltsen (1292-1361). It is sometimes considered an offshoot of the Sakya tradition. The Jonang emphasize the teachings of the Kalachakra Tantra, and are known for a unique interpretation of the doctrine of emptiness, which holds that all human concepts are empty of inherent nature, but the true substance of the universe is pure, radiant Buddhahood. The Jonang were suppressed by the Fifth Dalai Lama in the mid-seventeenth century in central Tibet, but the tradition survives in the Dzamtang region of Amdo in eastern Tibet.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 13 September 2011, lot 378 Price: USD 98,500 or approx. EUR 121,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A gilt bronze figure of Buddha, Tibet, 15th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar facial features, expression, and combination of lotus base and waisted plinth. Note the similar size (24.8 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 16 September 2014, lot 255Price: USD 56,250 or approx. EUR 65,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A gilt bronze figure of Maitreya, Tibet, 15th-16th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar facial features, expression, inlays, and size (21.5 cm). Note the different base.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 712 Estimate: USD 150,000 or approx. EUR 175,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A gilt-bronze figure depicting a six-armed yidam, Tibet, 14th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar beading, jewelry, inlays, and combination of lotus base and waisted plinth.

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