A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHASRI LANKA, DIVIDED KINGDOMS PERIOD, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.) high 注脚Depicted in his most iconic form, the Buddha is seated in meditation. Above a contented smile, a flame signals his enlightened consciousness. In discussion of a closely related example, Listopad identifies a number of stylistic features representative of the Divided Kingdoms Period in Sri Lanka (13th-16th centuries), such as the rounded face and sheer robe shared by this figure. Additional features that inform a more specific dating within the 15th and 16th centuries are the figure's prominent right nipple and the pronounced hemline running underneath it (Phoenix Art Museum, Guardian of the Flame, Phoenix, 2003, pp.57-9 & 116-7). Compare similar 15th-/16th-century buddhas from the Divided Kingdoms period published in von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, 1990, p.467, pls.144D-G.

Provenance
Private French Collection


銅鎏金佛陀像
斯里蘭卡，十五或十六世紀
高8.6釐米（3 3/8英吋）

200,000-300,000港幣

佛陀安然入定，屈膝而坐，呈經典姿態。其面帶微笑，流露欣喜之色，頭上的火焰則代表其已悟道成佛。在討論另一件與之十分相似的造像的時候，Listopad討論了斯里蘭卡十三至十六世紀的造像特征，例如此尊造像也具有的圓形臉龐與輕薄如紙的僧袍。能將造像年代精確至十五到十六世紀的其他特徵包括佛陀右側前胸明顯的乳頭與其下方深刻的僧袍邊緣（鳳凰城藝術博物館，《Guardian of the Flame》，鳳凰城，2003年，頁57-9，116-7）。其他十五至十六世紀相似造像可參考馮·施羅德著《Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka》，香港，1990年，頁467，圖版144D-G。

來源
法國私人珍藏