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400 A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH/19TH CENTURY

400 A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH/19TH CENTURY

H33cm

Provenance
A private American collection
Bonhams San Francisco, 19 December 2016, lot 8236
Acquired from PING Art Space

EXHIBITED
Treasures From Chinese Buddhist Temples - A Pilgimage To The Ten Directions, PING Art Space, Taipei, 15 January to 3 February 2018
LITERATURE
Treasures From Chinese Buddhist Temples - A Pilgimage To The Ten Directions, Pine Fine Chinese Art & Co., pp. 88-91, pl. 17

Estimates

TWD
400,000-600,000
USD
12,500-18,800
HKD
100,000-150,000
RMB
90,910-136,360
十八/十九世紀 黃銅蓮花手觀音立像
2022 AUTUMN AUCTIONS
Auction
Sunday, 18 December 2022 3:20pm
Venue
7F., No.15, Sec. 2, Chongqing S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei, Taiwan
Preview
10-16 December 10:00am-6:00pm
17 December 10:00am-4:00pm
Contact:
+886-2-2358-1881
art@yu-jen.tw
 

Lot Overview

觀音呈立姿,面龐豐潤,雙眼向下微閉,彎眉細長與直鼻相連,鼻頭堅挺,唇角含笑,曲線優美,展現寧謐慈祥的面容。頭梳高聳立髻,戴五葉寶冠,耳飾花璫,頸配瓔珞,手臂、腳踝戴環,增添觀音華麗璀璨氣息。上身袒露,著雙層長裙,衣薄貼體,衣緣鏨花卉紋,腰間繫結,珠鍊垂掛,優雅曼妙。觀音身姿呈 S 形,予人法喜從容悠閒姿態。右手自然下垂,掌心向外,施與願印,左手彎於胸前結說法印。蓮花挺立於兩側臂肩,葉片層層舒展,花朵於頂端綻放,其上分別有法輪及寶壺。跣足站立,下承覆蓮台座,邊沿飾連珠紋,蓮瓣飽滿,瓣尖挺拔。
蓮花手菩薩是最早的觀音形象,因手執蓮花而得名。起源於二世紀以後的印度,後普遍盛行於西藏以及中國。在佛教中,蓮花被視為眾生本有的清淨菩提心,含苞未開的蓮花比喻眾生未顯露佛性;半開的蓮花比喻眾生發起菩提心;已開的蓮花比喻菩提心顯現,證悟佛果。本件觀音造形優美,體態婀娜,為清中期官造藏傳造像,首都博物館庋藏清〈度母像〉(圖一)與本尊像皆展現純粹的銅色之美,可資參考。細觀之,本品精煉黃銅質地精純,打磨講究,銅色顯露如黃金般質感,為清室典型工藝。


文獻參考
圖一   清〈度母像〉,首都博物館庋藏,
收錄於《北京文物局精粹大系.佛造像卷(上)》,北京出版社,2001 年,頁 218,圖版 188
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