A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SYAMATARATIBET, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16715
11 cm (4 3/8 in.) high注脚Richly inlaid with silver and copper, and inset with semi-precious stones, this small but sumptuous sculpture depicts Syamatara (Green Tara) with a slender physique. Syamatara is one of the most popular forms of the bodhisattva, invoked to dispel fear and danger. A related figure of Syamatara, with similar face, hair, and lined dhoti, was sold at Christie's, New York, 13 September 2011, lot 306. Also compare the wide, plump, and slightly pointy lotus petals to that of a 14th-century bronze figure of Dragpa'I Pel sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2017, lot 3231.


錯銀錯紅銅綠度母銅像
西藏，約十四世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16715號
高11釐米（4 3/8英吋）

150,000-250,000港幣

此綠度母像造型玲瓏，身姿婀娜，表面以銀、紅銅與雜寶鑲嵌，烘托出度母的脫俗氣質。綠度母為菩薩中最受歡迎的形象之一，信徒供奉綠度母以消除恐懼與災禍。一尊具有相似面容、髮式以及橫紋衣裙之度母像曾售於佳士得，紐約，2011年9月13日，拍品306。蓮座上寬大飽滿而末端微尖的蓮花瓣可與一尊十四世紀札巴貝銅像比較，參見邦瀚斯，紐約，2017年3月14日，拍品3231。