A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF JAMBHALA


TIBET, 11TH/12TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61750 8.1 cm (3 1/8 in.) high
|This plucky early Tibetan bronze of the plump wealth deity Jambhala has an unusual openwork base. A series of columns below the lotus pedestal likely depicts the flower's vines, which are frequently included in Pala stone sculpture of Northeastern India. Displaying further cognizance of Pala idioms, the Tibetan caster has produced a tall crown derived from such Pala models as a Jambhala published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.283, no.69G. Provenance Benny Rustenburg, Hong Kong, 2003 Private European Collection 財神銅像 西藏，十一/十二世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61750號 高8.1釐米（3 1/8英吋） 100,000-150,000港元 這尊西藏早期造像以罕有的鏤空蓮座襯托體態豐滿的財神。蓮座下並列的支柱可能意在刻劃蓮花的藤蔓，類似的蓮藤常見於東北印度的帕拉石雕。其高聳的頭冠亦承襲帕拉風格，比照一尊相似的財神像，參見施羅德，《印度與西藏的銅造像》，香港，1981年，頁283，69G號。 來源 Benny Rustenburg，香港，2003年 歐洲私人收藏