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the bodhisattva dressed as a warrior, standing with one foot thrust forward, the arms and hands at waist-level posed to hold a now missing weapon, wearing chainmail armor over fi owing robes, the midriff with a fi erce ‘monster’-mask chestguard, the mail skirt terminating in maskweights, the face with a gentle expression, red lacquer under the gilding and additional red and black lacquer accenting the face and clothing, modern stand (2)
Height 65 in., 165.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 19th March 1997, lot 169. Collection of Bernadette and William M. B. Berger, Denver, Colorado, acquired in 1997.
Weituo appears in Buddhist temples as the ‘Entry Guardian.’ He leads the thirty-two heavenly generals who come under the Four Heavenly Kings and has earned such titles as the ‘Protector of the Buddhist Faith,’ the ‘Protector of Monasteries,’ and the ‘Protector of Dharma Books.’ In all temples where his image is found, he is always placed with his back to the statue of Maitreya Buddha so that he faces the Main or Grand Hall where the principal deities of the temple are enshrined.
明十七世紀 木漆金韋陀立像
來源
紐約蘇富比1997年3月19日，編號169
Bernadette 及 William M. B. Berger 伉儷收藏，
丹佛，科羅拉多州，購於1997年
