TWO ZITAN FIGURES OF BUDDHA AND ACHI CHOKYI DROLMA


QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item nos.61734 20 cm (8 in.) high, each
|Here Chokyi Drolma appears in her peaceful form, while holding her usual attributes, a double-sided drum and a skullcup. She is the great-grandmother of Jigten Sumgon (1143-1217), founder of the Drigung Kagyu lineage, and she also serves as a principle protector for the tradition. Judging by their almost identical faces, flaming aureoles and lotus petals, the two figures are most likely from the same set.   The treatment of the aureole, which combines the halo and mandorla, is widely adopted in gilt bronze sculptures of the Qianlong Period (1735-1796), as seen in two figures of Amitayus sold at Christie's, London, 8 November 2016, lot 110. The formation of the flame patterns and the lotus petals are also closely related to an ivory figure of Avalokiteshvara in the Qing Palace Collection, see Zangchuan Fojiao Zaoxiang, Hong Kong, 2008, p.269, no.258. Provenance Christie's, London, 6 November 2012, Lot 320  紫檀佛陀及阿企佛母像 清朝，十八世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61734號各高20釐米（8英吋）   250,000-350,000港元   此尊阿企佛母呈寂靜相，手持雙面鼓及嘎巴拉碗。阿企佛母為直貢噶舉之始祖吉天頌恭（1143-1217）的曾祖母，更被奉為直貢噶舉的護法佛母。兩尊紫檀像之面容、火焰背光以及蓮瓣都極為相似，極可能出於同一造像組。 此處背光的設計獨具特色，將頭頂光環與火焰背光合二為一，此種背光常見於乾隆時期（1735-1796）造像，如倫敦佳士得於2016年11月8日拍出之兩尊無量壽佛像（拍品110號）。紫檀像的火焰紋及蓮瓣造型亦與一尊清宮舊藏的象牙雕觀世音菩薩像至為相似（見《藏傳佛教造像》，香港，2008年，頁269，258號）。 來源佳士得，倫敦，2012年11月6日，拍品320號