A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA

TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

Footnotes

Expressing one of the most important transcendental ideals in Buddhist art, Chakrasamvara couples with Vajravarahi symbolizing a perfect interpenetrative union of wisdom and compassion. The sculptor embellished the base with finely incised chevron and scrolling lotus patterns. Its distinctive tri-lobed petals around the front are shared by an example of Kalachakra with equally petite limbs and compact array of arms published in von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculpture in Tibet, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2001, p.964, no.232A and another Chakrasamvara attributed to the 15th century with similar incised design on the base (ibid., p. 1061, no. 270-B-C). Another closely related example was sold at Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1973, lot 63.

Provenance
Private Asian Collection
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990s, by repute


銅鎏金勝樂金剛像
西藏，十六世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網2134號
高16.5釐米(6 1/2英寸)

250,000-350,000 港元

勝樂金剛環抱明妃金剛亥母，像徵智慧及慈悲之完美結合，表現出佛教藝術中最為重要的超驗理念。蓮座飾以人字紋及纏枝蓮紋，刻工精緻細膩，前方之三瓣式蓮瓣造型異常出眾，與一尊時輪金剛雷同，兩者皆四肢纖巧，雙臂緊振，詳見馮·施羅德，西藏佛教造像，卷二，香港，2001年，頁964，232A號。蓮座刻紋亦可比照前書中一尊十五世紀勝樂金剛像，見頁1061，270-B-C號。另一緊密相關的造像售於倫敦蘇富比，1973年7月10日，拍品63號。

來源
亞洲私人收藏
於1990年代購於香港，傳