A BONE PLAQUE OF SHRI SHMASHANA ADHIPATI (CITIPATI)


NEPAL, CIRCA 17TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61761 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.) high
|This meticulously carved bone stele exhibits the beloved subject of Shri Shmashana Adhipati (commonly known as Citipati). In spite of the macabre form, the carver depicts marital accord through symmetry and repetition between their mimicked poses and mirrored gaze. Described in the Secret Essence Wheel Tantra, associated with the root Chakrasamvara Tantra, the skeletal couple are protector deities, particularly against thieves. A larger stone plaque attributed to the 18th century is in the Nyingjei Lam Collection (HAR item no.68326). In the present example, however, the slender lotus petals with plain sepals and sharp tips correspond to gilded sculpture of the late 17th & early 18th centuries, such as an Ushnishavijaya in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no.2007.75 a,b) and a Vajrabhairava sold at Bonhams, 29 November 2016, lot 132. Published Meinrad Maria Grewenig and Eberhard Rist (eds), Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces, Völklingen, 2016, pp.498-9, no.222. Gilles Béguin, Dieux Du Tibet: Iconographie du Bouddhisme Lamique, Suilly-la-Tour, 2018, p.155. Exhibited Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces, Völklinger Hütte, Völklinger, Germany, 25 June 2016 - 5 March 2017.雙身屍陀林主骨牌 尼泊爾，約十七世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61761號 高4.5釐米（1 3/4英吋） 250,000-350,000港元此雕工繁複的骨牌展現了受人喜愛的雙身屍陀林主。該作品工藝精湛，藝術水平高超，不僅完美呈現了屍陀林主令人毛骨悚然的形象，同時也通過雙尊一致的舞姿和相互凝望的對稱型態，刻劃了屍陀林夫婦間的親密與和諧。 據起源於《勝樂根本續》的《秘密藏續》中描述，屍陀林主夫婦是降伏偷盜者的佛教護法神。菩薩道收藏中一尊較大的類似骨牌被斷代為十八世紀（喜馬拉雅藝術資源網 68326號）。然而細看這件作品蓮座中蓮瓣細瘦、花萼簡潔而頭部尖翹的造型，又與十七世紀晚期至十八世紀初期的鎏金造像樣式吻合，例如大都會博物館藏尊勝佛母像（館藏編號 2007.75 a,b），以及2016年11月29日香港邦瀚斯拍出的銅鎏金大威德金剛像（拍品132號）。 著錄 Meinrad Maria Grewenig與Eberhard Rist（編），Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces, 弗爾克林根， 2016年，頁498-9，222號。 展覽 Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces，Völklinger Hütte ，弗爾克林根， 德國， 2016年6月25日 - 2017年3月5日。