Lotto 115 - A181AS Arte asiatica: Himalaya, Cina - martedì, 13. giugno 2017, 10h00
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI ON A LION THRONE.
Northeastern India, Pala, 8th/9th c. Height 16.5 cm. Silver and copper inlays.
Bronze mit Silber- und Kupfereinlagen. Der historische Buddha sitzt im Diamantsitz auf einem doppelten Lotospodest mit versetzt angeordneten Blättern. Dieses ruht auf einem quaderförmigen Thron, der in den Ecken von vier Löwen gestützt wird (simhasana). Ein Tuch fällt in doppelter Falte auf allen vier Seiten über den Rand. Das Mönchsgewand ist glatt anliegend wiedergegeben und bedeckt nur die linke Schulter. Die rechte Hand berührt die Erde in bhumisparsamudra, die linke ruht über dem Schoss. Dieser Gestus erinnert an den Sieg Shakyamunis über den Versucher Mara, als er kurz vor der Erleuchtung unter dem Bodhibaum sass (maravijaya).
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This Buddha could possibly originate from the Nalanda Monastery in Bihar in North India. Nalanda was a famous centre for Buddhist studies between the 8th and 12th centuries. Scholars from many countries outside India studied sometimes for many years Vajrayana Buddhism at the Nalanda University. On the way back to their home countries they usually carried in addition to manuscripts written on palm-leaf also small statues cast in bronze or made of stone. This Buddha image must have been for more than 1000 years in Tibet and was countless times touched and ritually washed, as indicated by the shiny surface.
Compare: Von Schroeder, Ulrich. 1981. Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, pp. 252–261, plates 54–58. Von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2001. Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Volume One: India & Nepal; pp. 228-229, pl. 67.
From a private family collection since several generations.
Compare: Von Schroeder, Ulrich. 1981. Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, pp. 252–261, plates 54–58. Von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2001. Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Volume One: India & Nepal; pp. 228-229, pl. 67.
From a private family collection since several generations.
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