A SILVER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA SHADAKSHARI WITH A GILT COPPER ALLOY BASE


TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61794 12 cm (4 3/4 in.) high
|Shadakshari Lokeshvara personifies the mystic Buddhist mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, thought to contain the essence of the Bodhisattva. He is sumptuously adorned with turquoise jewelry and floral-patterned silks. The caster has attributed Avalokiteshvara with a deeply restful smile. Pairing silver figures with gilded pedestals draws on a long, but infrequent, tradition stemming from the Pala period (cf. Weldon & Casey Singer, The Sculpture Heritage of Tibet, London, 1999, pp.22-3, fig.15). For further examples see HAR set no.1228. 銀質四臂觀音像配銅鎏金底座 西藏，約十七世紀喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61794號高12釐米（4 3/4英吋）500,000-800,000港元 四臂觀音為佛教六字真言「唵嘛呢叭咪吽」的化身。造像裝飾富麗華美，像身鑲有青金石，菩薩身披繡花紋絲綢，面掛恬靜祥和的笑容。鎏金底座與銀質造像搭配的做法雖不常見，但早有先例，可追溯至帕拉時期（參見Weldon與Casey Singer，《The Sculpture Heritage of Tibet》，倫敦，1999年，頁22-3，15號）。亦可參考喜馬拉雅藝術資源網上的一組此類造像（喜馬拉雅藝術資源網1228號）。