A COPPER ALLOY SHRINE TO AMITAYUS

QING DYNASTY, PALA REVIVAL, 18TH CENTURY

Footnotes

This finely cast bronze emulates the medieval Pala style. Originals were first introduced to China through exchanges between Tibetan monasteries and the Yuan court (1279-1368). By the 18th century, the Qing Palace Collection had assembled a significant holding of examples to draw from. This bronze's rectangular footed base and openwork design is a clear nod to the Pala style, for instance. The same is seen on a 10th-century Vajrasattva published in Uhlig, On The Path to Enlightenment, Zurich, 1995, pp.58-9, no.20. This lot compares closely to other enshrined 18th-century examples published in Lipton & Ragnubs, Treasures of Tibetan Art, New York, 1996, p.108, no.46; the Palace Museum, Beijing, Zangchuan Fojiao Zaoxiang, Hong Kong, 2008, p.222, no.211; and one recently sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 7 October 2015, lot 3118.

Provenance
Nasli Heeramaneck, before 1964
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 14 October 1964, lot 85
Private California Collection


無量壽佛銅坐像
清朝，帕拉復興風格，十八世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網2145號
高20.3釐米（8英寸）

200,000-300,000 港元

此銅像鑄工精巧，依照中世紀帕拉風格所製。帕拉王朝造像最初隨著西藏寺廟與元代(1279-1368年)宮廷之交流而傳入中國。及至十八世紀，清代宮廷已收藏了為數可觀的帕拉造像。此像之長方型帶足底座及其鏤空設計明顯為帕拉風格特色之一。同類底座可參見一尊十世紀金剛薩埵像，出版於Uhlig，On The Path to Enlightenment，蘇黎世，1995年，頁58-9，20號。本像亦與多尊十八世紀供奉造像近似，出版於Lipton & Ragnubs，Treasures of Tibetan Art，紐約，1996年，頁108，46號；北京故宮博物院，藏傳佛教造像，香港，2008年，頁222，211號；香港蘇富比，2015年10月7日，拍品3118號。

來源
Nasli Heeramaneck，1964年以前
Parke-Bernet Galleries，紐約，1964年10月14日， 拍品85號
加利福尼亞州私人收藏