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尺寸：高19cm
年代：11世纪
质地：合金铜
风格：西藏西部 克什米尔
来源：拍卖会
成交：18,750美元(2017.03)
参阅：纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
WESTERN TIBET, KASHMIR STYLE, CIRCA 11TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2373
古比特佛像网, 编号: 文殊菩萨219
7 1/2 in. (19 cm) high

藏西 克什米爾風格 約十一世紀 文殊菩薩銅像

With this bronze, Adams traces the borrowings of the Kashmir style in early Western Tibetan sculpture. Guge patrons, such as Prince Nagaraja mentioned in the previous lot, were just as supportive of local production as they were keen to import bronzes from India. Within the context of Tibet's apprenticeship of Indian Buddhism, the bronzes of Northwestern India had a more immediate influence on the development of the Western Tibetan style than those of the Pala regions, given its geographical proximity.

Specific elements indicate that this bronze is a Western Tibetan copy of a Kashmir model, such as differences in alloy, and the incised, rather than raised, patterns delineating the folds of his lower garment. One can quite imagine a sculptor taking notes from the previous lot (or a similar Manjushri) when producing this bronze. Another Western Tibetan bronze that exemplifies these differences is published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 2008, p.173, 30H.

Provenance
Carlo Cristi, Milan
Phillip Adams Collection, Australia, acquired from the above, June 2008